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I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1238 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 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.

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)).