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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. KELLY of Illinois:H.R. 6244.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1[Page H1671]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill requires COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) testing and related visits to be covered without cost-sharing under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend titles XVIII and XIX to provide for coverage at no cost sharing of COVID-19 testing under the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program.</title>
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