1. It is the intent of the general assembly to provide health care coverage to eligible children that improves access to preventive, diagnostic, and treatment health services which result in improved health status using in part resources made available from the passage of Title XXI of the federal Social Security Act.
2. It is the intent of the general assembly that the program be implemented and administered in compliance with Title XXI of the federal Social Security Act. If, as a condition of receiving federal funds for the program, federal law requires implementation and administration of the program in a manner not provided in this chapter, during a period when the general assembly is not in session, the department, with the approval of the HAWK-I board, shall proceed to implement and administer those provisions, subject to review by the next regular session of the general assembly.
3. It is the intent of the general assembly, recognizing the importance of outreach to the successful utilization of the program by eligible children, that within the limitations of funding allowed for outreach and administration expenses, the maximum amount possible be used for outreach.
4. It is the intent of the general assembly that the HAWK-I program be an integral part of the continuum of health insurance coverage and that the program be developed and implemented in such a manner as to facilitate movement of families between health insurance providers and to facilitate the transition of families to private sector health insurance coverage.
98 Acts, ch 1196, §2, 16
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