The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) encourages Kansas households with a Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollee to make timely payments on monthly premiums. This is especially important as the State resumes normal business operations following the COVID-19 pandemic with the federal government announcing the ending of the Public Health Emergency effective in May 2023. CHIP enrollees have not been penalized for delinquent accounts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Penalties for nonpayment will resume effective April 2023. KDHE will waive outstanding CHIP premium balances prior to April 2023 and CHIP families will begin with a zero balance before their April premium is due.