5093-S2 AMS ZARE JONE 010

2SSB 5093 - S AMD 9

   By    Senator Zarelli

NOT ADOPTED 2/14/2007

   On page 3, line 31, after "future.", insert "The provision of health care coverage under this subsection to children whose family income is greater than two hundred percent and not greater than two hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty shall not be an entitlement and shall be provided only to the extent that funds are specifically appropriated therefor (a) to the extent that federal matching funds under the state children's health insurance program are not provided to families with income less than two hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level, or (b) if the matching rate of federal funds under the state children's health insurance program is reduced to fifty percent or lower."

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EFFECT: Health insurance coverage is an entitlement for families between 200 and 250 percent of the federal poverty level unless: (a) the federal government reduces eligibility for federal matching funds to a level below 250 percent of the federal poverty level; or (b) the federal funds matching rate is reduced to 50 percent or lower.