IIA 110th CONGRESS 2d Session S. J. RES. 44 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 17, 2008 Mr. Rockefeller (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Smith, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Casey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Dodd, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Obama, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Biden, Mr. Levin, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Byrd, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Tester) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule set forth as requirements contained in the August 17, 2007, letter to State Health Officials from the Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the State Health Official Letter 08–003, dated May 7, 2008, from such Center.

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to requirements set forth in the State Health Official Letter 07–001, dated August 17, 2007, issued by the Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the State Health Official Letter 08–003, dated May 7, 2008, from such Center, requiring States that expand the income eligibility level for children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) above 250 percent of the Federal poverty level to adopt the 5 crowd-out strategies described in the August 17, 2007, letter with the components identified therein, and to provide certain assurances described in such letter, and such rule shall have no force or effect.