HB 1697 - DIGEST

Requires the state health care authority to provide health coverage to individuals who: (1) Are between the ages of nineteen and twenty-six years old;

(2) Have a countable income that is at or below one hundred thirty-three percent of the federal poverty level;

(3) Are not incarcerated; and

(4) Are not eligible for categorically needy medical assistance as defined in the social security Title XIX state plan.

Requires the authority to seek federal funding to defray state costs associated with providing coverage to those persons.