[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2804 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2804

   To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month 
    continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance 
                                Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2009

   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 XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month 
    continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance 
                                Program.

    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 ``Ensuring Continuous Coverage under 
SCHIP Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF 12-MONTH CONTINUOUS COVERAGE UNDER SCHIP.

    (a) In General.--Section 2102(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1397bb(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(6) Requirement for 12-month continuous eligibility.--In 
        the case of a State child health plan that provides child 
        health assistance under this title through a means other than 
        described in section 2101(a)(2), the plan shall provide for 
        implementation under this title of the 12-month continuous 
        eligibility option described in section 1902(e)(12) for 
        targeted low-income children whose family income is below 200 
        percent of the poverty line.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to determinations (and redeterminations) of eligibility made on 
or after October 1, 2009.
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