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§17-1715-1 §§17-1715-24 to 17-1715-28 (Reserved) Historical Note: This chapter is based substantially upon repealed chapters 17-1722.1, 17-1726, 17-1727, 17-1728, and 17-1732 [Eff 08/01/94; am 07/20/95; am 01/29/96; am 03/30/96; am 11/25/96; am 12/27/97; am 07/06/99; am 06/19/00; am 10/26/01; am 12/03/01; am 02/16/02; am 05/10/03; am 09/17/07; am 01/31/09; am 06/11/09; am 06/26/09, am 09/10/09; am 04/30/10; am 08/19/11; am 06/25/12; R 09/30/13] SUBCHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS §17-1715-1 Purpose. This chapter establishes the Children Group. The infants and children under age nineteen group, commonly referred to as the Children Group, created through the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, provides Medicaid eligibility for individuals under age nineteen years, or under age twenty-one years and in receipt of foster care, kinship guardianship, or adoption assistance. [Eff 09/30/13; am and comp NOV 102016 ] (Auth: HRS §346-14; 42 C.F.R. §§430.25, 435.118, 435.145) (Imp: HRS §346-14; 42 C.F.R. §§430.25, 435.118, 435.145) §17-1715-2 General requirements. The confidentiality, administrative appeal, fraud, medical assistance recovery, application processing, eligibility review, and adverse action provisions described in subtitle 12 shall pertain to an individual who applies or is eligible under this chapter. [Eff 09/30/13; comp NOVI02016 J (Auth: HRS §§346-14, 346-29, 346-44; 42 C.F.R. §§431.200, 431.206, 431.221, 431.230, 431.300, 435.116, 435 . 201, 435.907, 435.916, 455.1) (Imp: HRS §§346-14, 346-29, 346-44; 42 C.F.R. §§431.200, 431.206, 431.221, 1715-2 11n 6 j ·1