56-242. IDAHO HEALTH INSURANCE ACCESS CARD. (1) The director shall develop an Idaho health insurance access card program in the department to implement the small business health insurance pilot program.

(2) (a) There is hereby created and established in the state treasury a fund to be known as the "Idaho health insurance access card fund." Moneys in the fund shall be maintained in two (2) subaccounts, identified respectively as the "CHIP Plan B subaccount" and the "small business health insurance pilot program subaccount." Appropriations, matching federal funds, grants, donations and moneys from other sources shall be paid into the fund. The department shall administer the fund. Any interest earned on the investment of idle moneys in the fund shall be returned to and deposited in the fund.

(b) Moneys in the CHIP Plan B subaccount and the small business health insurance pilot program subaccount shall be expended pursuant to appropriation for the payment of benefits and capped administrative costs of the department.

(3) The director shall manage waivers of federal title XXI and title XIX to subsidize health care coverage under the CHIP Plan B and the small business health insurance pilot program. Federal matching funds received by the department to provide coverage under CHIP Plan B and the small business health insurance pilot program shall be deposited in the appropriate subaccount.

(4) The director is authorized to promulgate rules recommended by the board of the Idaho individual high risk reinsurance pool to implement the CHIP Plan B and the small business health insurance pilot program.

(5) Insurers offering health benefit plans regulated under chapter 47, title 41, Idaho Code, shall accept payment for such plans under the small business health insurance pilot program pursuant to rules promulgated by the department.

(6) The department shall limit assistance under the Idaho health insurance access card program to those who do not have access to comparable or better coverage under other federal or state programs.

History:

[56-242, added 2003, ch. 308, sec. 7, p. 848; am. 2014, ch. 80, sec. 6, p. 220.]