[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 434 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 434

  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

                            January 30, 2007

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Reed, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
   Lieberman, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Coleman, and Mr. Inouye) 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 
Amendments Act of 2007''.

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)), as amended by section 201(b) of the 
National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-482) 
is amended by striking ``fiscal year 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 
2005, 2006, or 2007'' and inserting ``a fiscal year''.
    (b) Modification of Allowable Expenditures.--Section 
2105(g)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(g)(1)(B)(ii)) is 
amended by striking ``150'' and inserting ``125''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on October 1, 2007, and shall apply to expenditures made on or 
after that date.
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