[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1528 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1528

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to assure coverage for 
legal immigrant children and pregnant women under the Medicaid Program 
       and the State children's health insurance program (SCHIP).


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 2001

  Mr. Towns introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to assure coverage for 
legal immigrant children and pregnant women under the Medicaid Program 
       and the State children's health insurance program (SCHIP).

    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 ``Legal Immigrant Health Restoration 
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF LEGAL IMMIGRANT PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN UNDER 
              THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AND SCHIP.

    (a) Medicaid Program.--Section 1903(v) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(4)(A) Notwithstanding sections 401(a), 402(b), 403, and 421 of 
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
1996, a State plan under this title shall provide (in a plan amendment) 
medical assistance under this title for aliens who are lawfully 
residing in the United States (including battered aliens described in 
section 431(c) of such Act) and who are otherwise eligible for such 
assistance, within either of the following eligibility categories:
            ``(i) Pregnant women.--Women during pregnancy (and during 
        the 60-day period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy).
            ``(ii) Children.--Children (as defined under such plan), 
        including optional targeted low-income children described in 
        section 1905(u)(2)(B).
    ``(B) No debt shall accrue under an affidavit of support against 
any sponsor of an alien within a category of aliens under subparagraph 
(A) on the basis of provision of assistance to such category and the 
cost of such assistance shall not be considered as an unreimbursed 
cost.''.
    (b) SCHIP.--Section 2107(e)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)) 
as amended by section 803 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits 
Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, as enacted into law by section 
1(a)(6) of Public Law 106-554, is amended by redesignating 
subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraph (D) and (E), respectively, 
and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Section 1903(v)(4) (relating to coverage of 
                categories of permanent resident alien children).''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on October 1, 2001, and apply to medical assistance and child 
health assistance furnished on or after such date.
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