[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1238 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1238

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to meeting 
  the citizenship documentation requirement for children born in the 
                             United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2007

   Mr. Gene Green of Texas 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 with respect to meeting 
  the citizenship documentation requirement for children born in the 
                             United States.

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

SECTION 1. MEETING MEDICAID CITIZENSHIP DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT FOR 
              CHILDREN BORN IN THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--Effective as if included in the enactment of 
section 6036(a)(2) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109-171), section 1903(x)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396b(x)(3)(B)), as inserted by such section 6036(a)(2), is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vi); and
            (2) by inserting after clause (iv) the following new 
        clause:
                    ``(v) For a child if medical assistance is 
                available under this title for part or all of the costs 
                of the child's birth in the United States, any claim 
                for payment for such assistance.''.
    (b) Construction.--Nothing in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, 
including section 6036 of such Act, shall be construed as changing the 
requirement of section 1902(e)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396a(e)(4)), that provides deemed eligibility during the first year of 
life for a child born in the United States to an alien mother for whom 
medical assistance for the delivery of such child is made available as 
treatment of an emergency medical condition pursuant to section 1903(v) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b(v)).
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