(1) The division shall receive state appropriations for the program and federal matching funds under the Children's Health Insurance Program established by Title XXI of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, for the administration of the program. The Legislature shall include those funds as a line item in the appropriation to the division.(2) The program is subject to the availability of state funds specifically appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose of the program and federal matching funds under the Children's Health Insurance Program established by Title XXI of the federal Social Security Act, as amended. The division may limit enrollment as necessary to ensure that the costs of the program do not exceed the total amount of state and federal funds appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose. Laws, 1998, ch. 572, § 7; reenacted without change, Laws, 2001, ch. 532, § 7; Laws, 2012, ch. 334, § 6, eff. 1/1/2013.
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