INDIANAPOLIS  — Indiana plans to seek federal approval to begin offering low- and moderate-income people using the Healthy Indiana Plan up to $1,000 over 12 months as they switch to employer insurance or other health care coverage.

The money would help people pay for premiums, deductibles, co-payments and co-insurance for one year, regardless of whether they get insurance through a company or pay for it on the insurance exchange.

The HIP Workforce Bridge program would allow people to continue to spend the funds from their HIP health savings accounts as they transition.

The waiver request also extends an exemption to the work mandate for caretakers with dependent children younger than 13. The novel proposal would have only exempted guardians with dependent children younger than 7.

This month, the FSSA will hold two community hearings on the proposal.

If approved, the program will launch in 2020.