Authority: Title 32.1, Chapter 13, Code of Virginia.

A. Pursuant to Chapter 679, Acts of Assembly of 1997, the State Corporation Commission shall annually, on or before June 30, 1998, and each year thereafter, calculate the premium differential between: (i) 0.75 percent of the direct gross subscriber fee income derived from eligible contracts and (ii) the amount of license tax revenue generated pursuant to subdivision A 4 of § 58.1-2501 for the immediately preceding taxable year and notify the Comptroller of the Commonwealth to transfer such amounts to the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan Trust Fund as established on the books of the Comptroller.

B. As a condition of this appropriation, revenues from the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan Trust Fund, shall be used to match federal funds for the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

C. As a condition of this appropriation, the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall amend the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan to (i) provide an exception to the waiting period for individuals with previous health insurance coverage in cases in which the individual can document that the cost of such health insurance exceeded 10 percent of the family's countable monthly income and (ii) include a provision allowing a child's application to be filed by a parent, legal guardian, authorized representative, or any other adult caretaker relative with whom the child lives.

D. As a condition of this appropriation, the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall amend the state plan for Title XXI Children's Health Insurance to provide that children over six years of age whose family income, determined according to Medicaid income methodologies, is from 100 percent to 133 percent of the federal poverty line, are eligible for Medicaid.

E. Every eligible applicant for health insurance as provided for in Title 32.1, Chapter 13, Code of Virginia, shall be enrolled and served in the program. To the extent that appropriations in this item are insufficient, the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget shall transfer general fund appropriations from Item 325 into this item, to be used as state match for federal Title XXI funds.

F. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 2.2-4011, Code of Virginia, the authority of the Department to issue emergency regulations for the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan (FAMIS) shall be extended through July 31, 2003.