{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-205.6483","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 205.6483","heading":"Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program -- Purposes.","body":"There is hereby created within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services the Kentucky\nChildren's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP) for the purposes of:\n(1) Providing health care coverage and other coordinated services to children through\nthe age of eightee n (18) years at or below two hundred percent (200%) of the\nfederal poverty level and who are not otherwise eligible for health insurance\ncoverage through either expansions of Medicaid services under Title XIX of the\nFederal Social Security Act and through the provision of a separate health insurance\nprogram under Title XXI of the Federal Social Security Act, or a combination of\nMedicaid program expansions and use of a separate health insurance program; and\n(2) Providing Medicaid coverage for children betwee n the ages of fourteen (14) and\neighteen (18) years up to one hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty level.","path":["KRS Chapter 205"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=7785","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:04Z","sha256":"5a1f911d090919bfe70d06ac5f3e8e662e7c978d885bcb01b96103c040ca5a36","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-205.6481","next":"us-ky/krs-205.6485"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}