[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1587 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1587

  To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permit qualifying 
States to use a portion of their allotments under the State children's 
   health insurance program for any fiscal year for certain medicaid 
                             expenditures.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 2005

Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Domenici, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. 
 Alexander, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Reed, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Leahy, 
Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Dayton) introduced the following bill; which was read 
             twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permit qualifying 
States to use a portion of their allotments under the State children's 
   health insurance program for any fiscal year for certain medicaid 
                             expenditures.

    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 ``Children's Health Equity Technical 
Amendment Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR QUALIFYING STATES TO USE PORTION OF SCHIP 
              ALLOTMENT FOR ANY FISCAL YEAR FOR CERTAIN MEDICAID 
              EXPENDITURES.

    (a) In General.--Section 2105(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1397ee(g)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``fiscal year 1998, 
1999, 2000, or 2001'' and inserting ``a fiscal year''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2004.
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