[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 751 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 751

    To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to modify certain 
   administrative eligibility rules relating to children born in the 
              United States to Medicaid-eligible mothers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2007

 Mr. Grassley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to modify certain 
   administrative eligibility rules relating to children born in the 
              United States to Medicaid-eligible mothers.

    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 ``Guaranteed Access to Medicaid for 
Newborns Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE ELIGIBILITY RULES 
              RELATING TO CHILDREN BORN IN THE UNITED STATES TO 
              MEDICAID-ELIGIBLE MOTHERS.

    (a) Satisfaction of Citizenship Documentation Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1903(x)(2) of the Social Security 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(x)(2)), as inserted by section 6036(a)(2) 
        of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-171; 120 
        Stat. 80) and amended by section 405(c)(1)(A) of division B of 
        the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-
        432), is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ``or'' at 
                the end;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
                subparagraph (E); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 
                following new subparagraph:
            ``(D) on the basis of section 1902(e)(4) or with respect to 
        any period of eligibility of such an individual that occurs 
        after a period of eligibility on such basis; or''.
            (2) Effective date.--
                    (A) Retroactive application.--The amendments made 
                by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if enacted on 
                July 1, 2006.
                    (B) State option for retroactive restoration of 
                eligibility.--In the case of an individual who, during 
                the period that began on July 1, 2006, and ends on the 
                date of enactment of this Act, was determined to be 
                ineligible for medical assistance under a State 
                Medicaid program solely as a result of the application 
                of subsections (i)(22) and (x) of section 1903 of the 
                Social Security Act, but who would have been determined 
                eligible for such assistance if section 1903(x) of such 
                Act, as amended by paragraph (1), had been applied to 
                the individual, a State may deem the individual to be 
                eligible for such assistance as of the date that the 
                individual was determined to be ineligible for such 
                medical assistance on such basis.
    (b) State Requirement To Issue Separate Identification Number.--The 
second sentence of section 1902(e)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396a(e)(4)) is amended by inserting ``or the child was born in 
the United States to an alien mother for whom medical assistance for 
the delivery of the child is made available pursuant to section 
1903(v), in which case the State immediately shall issue a separate 
identification number for the child upon notification by the facility 
at which such delivery occurred of the child's birth'' after 
``expires''.
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