KidsCare Guaranteed Enrollment Period

The first time a customer is approved for KidsCare, the customer is guaranteed twelve months of eligibility unless the customer:

• Reaches age 19
• Moves out of state
• Is an inmate of a public institution (incarcerated or an Institution for Mental Disease)
• Is enrolled in a Medicaid category
• Obtains private or group health coverage
• Is adopted
• Has whereabouts unknown
• Does not pay the monthly premium
• Fails to cooperate
• Was ineligible at the time of the initial enrollment, or voluntarily withdraws from the program