§ 56-238 — DEFINITIONS

As used in this section and section 56-239, Idaho Code:
(1) "CHIP Plan A" means the existing Idaho children’s health insurance program for children eligible under federal title XXI whose families’ modified adjusted gross incomes do not exceed one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the federal poverty guidelines.
(2) "CHIP Plan B" means the program created in section 56-239, Idaho Code.
(3) "Department" means the state department of health and welfare.
(4) "Director" means the director of the state department of health and welfare.
(5) "Eligible child" means a child under nineteen (19) years of age living in Idaho whose family’s modified adjusted gross income falls within federal poverty guidelines for medicaid, CHIP Plan A or CHIP Plan B.
(6) "Modified adjusted gross income" means individual or family income as defined for state medicaid programs in the social security act and the Internal Revenue Code.

Legislative History

[56-238, added 2003, ch. 308, sec. 3, p. 845; am. 2006, ch. 270, sec. 1, p. 839; am. 2014, ch. 80, sec. 2, p. 218; am. 2021, ch. 22, sec. 4, p. 61.]