Section 118 Eliminating Copays for Children's Medical Security Plan and CHIP 2

Said section 10F of said chapter 118E, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out subsections (d) through (h), inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following 3 subsections:-

(d) The division shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement the requirements of this section and shall maximize federal financial participation for state expenditures made on behalf of program enrollees.

(e) The division shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and to the joint committee on health care financing on enrollment demographics, claims expenditures and the annualized costs of said program. The division shall file notice with said committees and the secretary of administration and finance not less than 30 days before modifying program benefits and eligibility standards that are intended to ensure that program costs are limited to the funds appropriated therefore.

(f) The program established by this section shall not give rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement to the services funded herein and nothing stated herein shall be construed as giving rise to such enforceable legal rights or such enforceable entitlement.