Legal guardians, stepparents, foster parents or caretaker relatives may apply for insurance for a child. Only the parent’s income will be considered. Your income will not be used to qualify the child.

No. Healthy Kids is for children who do not qualify for the Healthy Families Program or Medi-Cal.

It is not totally free health care. You pay very low co-payments for services.

No. INS guidelines issued May 26, 1999, permit immigrants and their children to use the health care benefits without affecting their Immigration Status.

This includes Healthy Kids, the Healthy Families Program, WIC, Medi-Cal, and many other programs.

INS will not consider immigrants a Public Charge just because they use these health care benefits.

INS will not deny your legal admission to the U.S.

INS will not deny your application for legal permanent residency.

If your or your spouse’s employer covers your child today, your child is NOT eligible for Healthy Kids.

If you disenroll your child from their current employer-paid health insurance, they would not be eligible to enroll in the Healthy Kids program for 3 months.