[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 690 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 690

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage 
    under the Medicaid Program of organ transplant procedures as an 
        emergency medical procedure for certain alien children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2003

Mr. Gutierrez 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 provide for coverage 
    under the Medicaid Program of organ transplant procedures as an 
        emergency medical procedure for certain alien children.

    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 ``Alien Child Organ Transplant Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. MEDICAID COVERAGE OF ORGAN TRANSPLANT PROCEDURES CONSIDERED AS 
              AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN ALIENS WHO 
              HAVE NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF 18 YEARS.

    (a) Amendment to Title XIX of the Social Security Act.--Section 
1903(v)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)) is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(C) such care and services are not related to an organ 
        transplant procedure, unless the organ transplant is for an 
        individual who has not attained the age of 18 years and who 
        either was residing in the United States on the date of the 
        enactment of the Alien Child Organ Transplant Act of 2003; or 
        developed the medical condition necessitating an organ 
        transplant while residing in the United States.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 401(b)(1)(A) of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1611(b)(1)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``1903(v)(3)'' and inserting ``1903(v)''; 
        and
            (2) by striking ``procedure,'' and inserting ``procedure 
        (unless the alien has not attained the age of 18 years and 
        either was residing in the United States on the date of the 
        enactment of the Alien Child Organ Transplant Act of 2003 or 
        developed the medical condition necessitating an organ 
        transplant while residing in the United States),''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to care and services furnished on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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