(a)The Commissioner of Health Strategy, in consultation with the Office of Policy and Management, the Department of Social Services, the Connecticut Insurance Department and the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange established pursuant to section 38a-1081, shall study the feasibility of offering health care coverage for (1) income-eligible children ages nine to eighteen, inclusive, regardless of immigration status, who are not otherwise eligible for Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, or an offer of affordable employer sponsored insurance as defined in the Affordable Care Act, as an employee or a dependent of an employee, and (2) adults with household income not exceeding two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level who do not otherwise qualify for medical assistance,
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(a) The Commissioner of Health Strategy, in consultation with the Office of Policy and Management, the Department of Social Services, the Connecticut Insurance Department and the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange established pursuant to section 38a-1081, shall study the feasibility of offering health care coverage for (1) income-eligible children ages nine to eighteen, inclusive, regardless of immigration status, who are not otherwise eligible for Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, or an offer of affordable employer sponsored insurance as defined in the Affordable Care Act, as an employee or a dependent of an employee, and (2) adults with household income not exceeding two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level who do not otherwise qualify for medical assistance, an offer of affordable, employer-sponsored insurance as defined in the Affordable Care Act, as an employee or a dependent of an employee, or health care coverage through the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange due to household income. (b) The study on the feasibility of providing health care coverage to income-eligible children ages nine to eighteen, inclusive, shall include, but not be limited to: (1) The age groups that would be provided medical assistance in each year, and appropriations necessary to provide such assistance, (2) income eligibility criteria and health care coverage consistent with the medical assistance programs established pursuant to sections 17b-261 and 17b-292 , and (3) recommendations for identifying and enrolling such children in such coverage. (c) The study on the feasibility of providing health care coverage for adults with household income not exceeding two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Household income caps for adults who would be provided health care coverage in each year, and appropriations necessary to provide such coverage, (2) health care coverage consistent with the medical assistance programs established pursuant to section 17b-261 and the HUSKY D program as defined in section 17b-290 , and (3) recommendations for identifying and enrolling such adults in such coverage. (d) Not later than July 1, 2022, the commissioner shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , on provisions of the feasibility study to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, human services and insurance and real estate.