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This bill mandates that the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the state agency responsible for administering health and welfare programs, must expand the Medicaid program, which is a federal and state partnership providing health insurance to low-income individuals and families, to the maximum extent permitted by federal law. Additionally, any waivers requested under this chapter, which are special permissions from the federal government to deviate from standard Medicaid rules, can only include minimal patient cost-sharing, as defined in a specific section of Kentucky law. The bill also requires the Governor to commission an independent study within thirty days of the bill's enactment to examine the current state of Medicaid expansion and the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange, as well as to investigate the rate of uninsured individuals in Kentucky, access to healthcare, and any improvements in health outcomes.