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Eligibility
Florida
KidCare is for children, not adults. To qualify, a child must:
- Meet
income eligibility requirements,
- Not be the
dependent of a state employee eligible for health insurance, and
- Not be
in a public institution.
State law also requires information
about:
- Child’s access to employer health insurance. For
each child who is applying for Florida KidCare, parents must tell Florida
KidCare if the child
could be covered under a health insurance plan offered by your employer,
even if the child is not covered by the employer’s health insurance
now, and how much it would cost each month to add the child.
- Pre-existing
health condition. For each child who is applying for Florida
KidCare, parents must tell Florida KidCare if the child has a pre-existing
health condition that keeps him or her from getting your employer
health insurance. A child with a pre-existing health condition
may still qualify for Florida KidCare.
- Voluntary cancellation of employer
health insurance. A child whose employer health insurance
was voluntarily cancelled within 6 months of
applying will not qualify for subsidized MediKids,
Healthy Kids,
or Children’s Medical Services Network coverage.
The requirements for Medicaid may be different than for other Florida
KidCare programs. Cost
- There is
no charge for Medicaid for children (KidCare Medicaid).
- For other
Florida KidCare programs, monthly premiums depend on your household’s
size and income. Most families pay $15 or $20 a month. If you need
to pay
more, Florida KidCare will let you know. Make checks or money orders
payable to Florida KidCare. Do not send cash. If your child (or children)
is approved for Medicaid or denied coverage, your premium payment
will be refunded.
- You may have
to pay small charges or co-payments for some services.
Information
for Grandparents
Are you raising grandchildren
who need health insurance? If you are raising your grandchildren,
one of your biggest worries may be how to keep them healthy and strong.
Having health insurance can make
it possible for you to get health care for your grandchildren before
they are seriously ill.
Grandchildren
that live with you may be eligible for Florida KidCare. When you apply
for Florida
KidCare, your income
will only be considered
if it will help your grandchildren become eligible for one of the
Florida KidCare programs. The grandchildren you are applying for must
live
in your home, but it does not matter how long they have lived with
you.
You can print a Florida KidCare application from this web site, or
call 1-888-540-5437 toll-free and one will be sent to you.
Grandparents
can bring their grandchildren to the doctor’s office.
Florida
Statute Chapter 743.0645 allows a grandparent to consent to medical
care on behalf of a child: (1) after the treatment provider
has made
a reasonable attempt to contact the child’s parent or legal
guardian and that person cannot be contacted; and (2) if the
parent or legal guardian
has not given the treatment provider notice that they oppose
the treatment.
If your uninsured grandchildren
do not live with you...
As a grandparent, you are
concerned about your grandchildren's health even if they are not living
with you. If you
are a grandparent
whose
uninsured grandchild does not live with you, you can still
access health insurance information from the state that your
grandchild
lives in.
Go to www.insurekidsnow.gov/ and from the drop-down menu click on the state that your grandchild
resides in. You can
then
contact their
state
to have an application sent to their parents.
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American
Indian or Native Alaskan Eligibility
Children who are members of
federally recognized American Indian or Native Alaskan tribes may not
be required to
pay monthly
premiums or
co-payments
once enrolled in Florida KidCare.
If your children
are members of federally recognized American Indian or Native Alaskan
tribes, please call
1-888-352-5437, Extension 6119 toll-free
to find out if they are eligible for free health insurance
coverage.
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Non-Citizen
Information
QUESTION: What is a qualified non-citizen?
ANSWER:
In general, children eligible for Florida KidCare must be U.S. citizens.
However, the federal
government
classifies
some
non-citizen
children
as "qualified aliens". These
children are eligible. Also remember
that some persons
born outside the United States may be citizens.
Examples
of Non-Citizen Children Who May Be Eligible
- Children who have been legal permanent residents for at least five (5)
years
- Refugees,
asylees, and those whose removal has been withheld
- Cuban and Haitian entrants
- Amerasians
- Dependents of veterans or active-duty military
- Persons certified by Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
as Victims of Trafficking
- Battered spouse and/or child
QUESTION: Is a parent's immigration status part
of eligibility?
ANSWER: No.
The Florida KidCare application does not
ask about parents' status.
QUESTION: Does Florida tell the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) I am applying
to Florida KidCare?
ANSWER: No.
The state of Florida cannot provide any
information
to the
USCIS about people
applying for Florida
KidCare or medical
benefits. (However,
people who apply for
cash
assistance or food
stamps can be reported
if they reveal they're
under a final order
of
deportation or not
lawfully present.) Remember, the
child's
immigration status
— not
the parent's
— is considered
for Florida KidCare
eligibility.
QUESTION: Will enrolling a child in Florida KidCare
harm
me in adjusting
my status through
USCIS?
ANSWER: No.
Regulations state that health
care cannot
be used to
deny individuals
admission to the
U.S., to
bar legal
permanent residence,
or to deport.
(May 25, 1999, Administration
Policy Announcement
directed to all federal
agencies.)
QUESTION: Does
Children's Medicaid give my social
security
and income
data to the USCIS
or the U.S. Department
of State?
ANSWER: No.
A 1997 federal decision
requires
this information
to
be confidential.
QUESTION: Is my Social Security number
required?
ANSWER: No.
A parent’s social security
number is not required; however, Healthy
Kids may continue to ask for your social
security number to verify
income and for
use in other data matches. Inability to
give a social security number will not
affect your child’s
eligibility for
Florida KidCare. A 1997 federal decision
requires
this information
to be confidentially handled.
QUESTION: Is my child's Social Security
number required?
ANSWER: To
be eligible for Florida
KidCare, your
child's Social
Security number
is required
unless your
child does
not
have one. If
your child
does not
have a Social
Security number,
you have
to provide
a date that
you applied
or
attempted to
apply for a
Social Security
number.
If your
child is
eligible for Medicaid,
you have to
provide
a
letter confirming
your application
for the Social
Security
number.
QUESTION: How do I complete
the
Social Security
number section
on the Florida
KidCare
application?
ANSWER: If
your child has
a Social
Security
number, write
it on
the application
in the spaces
provided.
If you have
applied
for a
Social Security
number for
your child
but
have not
yet
received
a number,
write the
date you
applied
for the number
on the line
where it says "Date
SSN applied
for."
If
your child
is not
eligible for
a Social
Security
number
or you tried
to get
one and weren't
allowed
to apply,
write the
date that
you tried
to apply
for
a Social
Security
number
on the
line where
it says "Date
SSN applied
for."
If
your
child is
not eligible
for
a social
security
number
but
IS eligible
for Medicaid,
the Social
Security
Administration
will
give your child
a number
so
that
he or she
can get
health
insurance.
Call
your
local Department
of Children
and
Families
office
to
provide
you
with
a letter
to take
to the
Social
Security
Administration
office
so your
child
can receive
a number.
QUESTION:
If I
enroll my child
in the
Florida
KidCare
program,
can
I later
be
asked
to pay
back
the money?
ANSWER: No.
Neither
the state
of Florida
nor
the Immigration
and Naturalization
Service
can
require
you to
repay
a lawfully
received
benefit.
They
will
not accept
it even
if you
want
to pay
it back.
Definitions
of
Some Immigration
Terms
- Alien - Foreign national;
any
person not a
citizen
or
national of the
United
States
(a
non-citizen)
- Amerasian - Certain children fathered
by U.S.
citizens in
certain Southeast
Asian countries
during the
years of
armed conflict
in those
regions. Spouses,
children, and
parents or
guardians may
sometimes accompany
the alien
child.
- Asylee - An alien
in the
United States
or at
a port
of entry
unable or
unwilling to
return to
his or
her country
of nationality,
or to
seek the
protection of
that country
because of
persecution or
a well-founded
fear of
persecution, based
on the
alien's race,
religion, nationality,
membership in
a particular
social group,
or political
opinion. One
who has
been granted
humanitarian permission
to remain
in the
United States.
- Cuban/Haitian
Entrant - An
individual as
defined in
Section 501
of the
Refugee Education
Assistance Act,
including any
person granted
parole status
as a
Cuban/Haitian entrant,
regardless of
the status
of the
individual at
the time
of assistance;
also any
other national
of Cuba
or Haiti
who has
an application
for asylum
pending with
USCIS, was
paroled into
the U.S.,
or is
the subject
of removal
proceedings.
- Legal
Permanent Resident - An
alien admitted
to the
United States
as a
lawful permanent
resident. LPRs
are those
persons lawfully
accorded the
privilege of
residing permanently
in the
United States.
They may
have been
issued immigrant
visas by
the Department
of State
overseas or
adjusted to
permanent resident
status by
the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
- Refugee - Any
person outside
of the
U.S. and
his or
her country
of nationality
who is
unable or
unwilling to
return to
his or
her country
because of
persecution or
a well-grounded
fear of
persecution on
account of
race, religion,
nationality, political
opinion, or
membership in
a particular
social group.
Refugees may
be paroled
into the
United States.
- Victim
of Trafficking - A
person who
through use
of force,
fraud, or
coercion, has: Performed a commercial sex act; or been recruited,
harbored, transported, provided or obtained for labor
or services for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage,
debt
bondage or slavery.
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