[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2805 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2805

   To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require 12-month 
            continuous coverage for children under Medicaid.


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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 XIX of the Social Security Act to require 12-month 
            continuous coverage for children under Medicaid.

    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 Medicaid 
Coverage for Children Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF 12-MONTH CONTINUOUS COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 
              MEDICAID.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (72);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                (73) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (73) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(74) meet the requirement of subsection (e)(12).''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(12), by striking ``At the option of a 
        State, the plan may'' and inserting ``The State plan under this 
        title shall''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 2009, and shall apply to individuals who were 
determined eligible for medical assistance before, on, or after such 
date.
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