Persons eligible to receive covered benefits under this chapter shall be low-income children who meet the eligibility standards set forth in the State Child Health Plan. Any person who is eligible for benefits under the Mississippi Medicaid Law, Section 43-13-101 et seq., shall not be eligible to receive benefits under this chapter. A person who is without insurance coverage at the time of application for the program and who meets the other eligibility criteria in the plan shall be eligible to receive covered benefits under the program. Laws, 1998, ch. 572, § 8; Laws, 2000, ch. 625, § 1; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2001, ch. 532, § 8; Laws, 2003, ch. 543, § 8; Laws, 2012, ch. 334, § 7, eff. 1/1/2013.
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