1. A. Phase five of LaCHIP is a cost-sharing program with premiums limited to no more than 5 percent of the family’s annual income.

2. B. The following cost-sharing criteria shall apply.

   1. 1. Premiums. When family income is between 201 percent and 250 percent of the federal poverty level, families shall be responsible for paying a $50 per month premium.

      1. a. Premiums are due by the first of each month. If payment is not received by the tenth of the month, the responsible party shall be notified that coverage may be terminated if payment is not received by the twenty-first of the month.
3. C. Non-payment of premiums may result in disenrollment from LaCHIP. Recipients shall be allowed a 60-day grace period prior to disenrollment for non-payment.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XXI of the Social Security Act.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Repromulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 34:661 (April 2008), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 41:1292 (July 2015).