Kansas Family Medical Assistance
Manual (KFMAM)
Eligibility Policy - 11/22/2024
2441
2442 Impact on Current Recipients - - When an ongoing CHIP recipient fails to pay their premium obligation for two invoices and the account becomes delinquent, coverage is discontinued and a three-month penalty is applied at the time of their next review.
The penalty is established beginning with the first month of ineligibility and is considered to be in an ‘Active’ status.
2442.01 Impact of Payments on the Penalty Period - If a payment is made of the delinquent amount before the penalty start date, the delinquency is resolved and the penalty is placed into a ‘Negated’ status. CHIP eligibility is reinstated without a new request for coverage being required.
If payment of the delinquent amount is made at some point during the penalty period, the penalty is ‘Shortened’. A new request for coverage is required and a new determination is made. If the request is received during the Reactivation period, a verbal request is allowed. After that time, a new application is required, which would include a verbal request for coverage as allowed per 1402.