[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1298 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1298

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit public schools 
  and certain other entities to determine presumptive eligibility for 
                  children under the Medicaid Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 1999

 Mr. Bentsen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit public schools 
  and certain other entities to determine presumptive eligibility for 
                  children under the Medicaid Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Child Eligibility 
Improvement Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ENTITIES ELIGIBLE TO MAKE PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY 
              DETERMINATIONS FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1920A(b)(3)(A)(i) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-1a(b)(3)(A)(i)) is amended
            (1) by striking ``or (II)'' and inserting ``, (II)''; and
            (2) by inserting before the semicolon the following: ``, or 
        eligibility of a child under the State child health plan under 
        title XXI, or (III) is an elementary school or secondary 
        school, as such terms are defined in section 14101 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        8801), is a child care resource and referral agency or a child 
        support enforcement agency, or is a public or nonprofit entity 
        that receives Federal funds under title III or IV of the 
        Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331, 
        11361 et seq.) or under part A or B of title III of the 
        Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 
        U.S.C. 5711, 5714-1 et seq.)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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