§ 2511. Child health insurance plan 1. (a) The commissioner, in\nconsultation with the superintendent, shall establish a program to the\nextent of funds available therefor through contractual arrangements with\napproved organizations to provide covered health care services coverage\nfor eligible children. The availability of coverage for primary and\npreventive health care services and inpatient health care services\ncoverage shall be continued pending approval of contractual arrangements\nthat include covered health care services coverage and implementation of\nsuch coverage to the extent of funds available therefor.\n (b) Coverage for covered health care services shall not be effective\nuntil such time as contractual arrangements are executed pursuant to\nthis section for such purposes and an eligible child is enrolled in the\nprogram.\n 2. In order to be eligible for a subsidy payment pursuant to\nsubdivision three of this section, a child shall meet the following\ncriteria:\n (a) (i) effective January first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, resides\nin a household having a net household income at or below one hundred\nninety-two percent of the non-farm federal poverty level (as defined and\nupdated by the United States department of health and human services) or\nthe gross equivalent of such net income; and\n (ii) effective July first, two thousand, resides in a household having\na gross household income at or below two hundred fifty percent of the\nnon-farm federal poverty level (as defined and updated by the United\nStates department of health and human services); and\n (iii) effective September first, two thousand eight, resides in a\nhousehold having a household income at or below four hundred percent of\nthe non-farm federal poverty level (as defined and updated by the United\nStates department of health and human services);\n (b) is not eligible for medical assistance, except that a child who\nbecomes eligible for medical assistance after becoming an eligible child\nunder this title, may be eligible for a subsidy payment pursuant to\nsubdivision three of this section as medical assistance for a period up\nto three months after becoming eligible for medical assistance; and\n (c) does not have health care coverage under insurance, as defined by\nthe commissioner, in consultation with the superintendent. The applicant\nfor insurance shall attest to the source and nature of the child's\nhealth care coverage under this paragraph, if any; and\n * (e) is a resident of New York state. Such residency shall be\ndemonstrated by adequate proof, as determined by the commissioner, of a\nNew York state street address. If the child has no street address, such\nproof may include, but not be limited to, school records or other\ndocumentation determined by the commissioner.\n * NB Effective until January 1, 2014 or a later date to be determined\nby the commisioner of health (see chapter 56 of 2013 Part D § 76 sb h)\n * (e) is a resident of New York state. Such residency shall be\nattested to by the applicant for insurance, provided however, the\ncommissioner shall require adequate proof of a New York state street\naddress in circumstances when there is an inconsistency with residency\ninformation from other data sources.\n * NB Effective January 1, 2014 or a later date to be determined by the\ncommissioner of health (see chapter 56 of 2013 Pt. D § 76 sub h)\n (f) * (i) In order to establish income eligibility under this\nsubdivision at initial application, a household shall provide such\ndocumentation specified in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, as\nnecessary and sufficient to determine a child's financial eligibility\nfor a subsidy payment under this title. The commissioner may verify the\naccuracy of such income information provided by the household by\nmatching it against income information contained in databases to which\nthe commissioner has access, including the state's wage reporting system\npursuant to subdivisio
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