Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 70 Public Health And Safety - Section 70.47A.090 State children's health insurance program -- Federal waiver request

§ 70.47A.090. State children's health insurance program -- Federal waiver request

The department of social and health services shall submit a request to the federal department of health and human services by October 1, 2006, for a state children's health insurance program section 1115 demonstration waiver. The waiver request shall seek authorization from the federal government to draw down Washington state's unspent state children's health insurance program allotment to finance basic health plan coverage, as provided in chapter 70.47 RCW, for parents of children enrolled in medical assistance or the state children's health insurance program. The waiver also shall seek authorization from the federal government to utilize the resulting state savings to finance expanded basic health plan enrollment, or subsidies provided to low-wage workers through the small employer health insurance partnership program established in this chapter.

[2006 c 255 § 9.]

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