1.Short title; amendments to Social Security Act; references; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
.
(b)Amendments to Social Security ActExcept as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to that section or other provision of the Social Security Act.
(c)References to CHIP; Medicaid; SecretaryIn this Act:
(1)The term CHIP means the State Children’s Health Insurance Program established under title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.).
(2)The term Medicaid means the program for medical assistance established under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.).
(3)The term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(d)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; amendments to Social Security Act; references; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Purpose.
Sec. 3. General effective date; exception for State legislation; contingent effective date; reliance on law.
TITLE I—Financing
Subtitle A—Funding
Sec. 101. Extension of CHIP.
Sec. 102. Allotments for States and territories for fiscal years 2009 through 2013.
Sec. 103. Child Enrollment Contingency Fund.
Sec. 104. CHIP performance bonus payment to offset additional enrollment costs resulting from enrollment and retention efforts.
Sec. 105. Two-year initial availability of CHIP allotments.
Sec. 106. Redistribution of unused allotments.
Sec. 107. Option for qualifying States to receive the enhanced portion of the CHIP matching rate for Medicaid coverage of certain children.
Sec. 108. One-time appropriation.
Sec. 109. Improving funding for the territories under CHIP and Medicaid.
Subtitle B—Focus on Low-Income Children and Pregnant Women
Sec. 111. State option to cover low-income pregnant women under CHIP through a State plan amendment.
Sec. 112. Phase-out of coverage for nonpregnant childless adults under CHIP; conditions for coverage of parents.
Sec. 113. Elimination of counting Medicaid child presumptive eligibility costs against title XXI allotment.
Sec. 114. Limitation on matching rate for States that propose to cover children with effective family income that exceeds 300 percent of the poverty line.
Sec. 115. State authority under Medicaid.
TITLE II—Outreach and Enrollment
Subtitle A—Outreach and Enrollment Activities
Sec. 201. Grants and enhanced administrative funding for outreach and enrollment.
Sec. 202. Increased outreach and enrollment of Indians.
Sec. 203. State option to rely on findings from an Express Lane agency to conduct simplified eligibility determinations.
Subtitle B—Reducing Barriers to Enrollment
Sec. 211. Verification of declaration of citizenship or nationality for purposes of eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP.
Sec. 212. Reducing administrative barriers to enrollment.
Sec. 213. Model of Interstate coordinated enrollment and coverage process.
Sec. 214. Permitting States to ensure coverage without a 5-year delay of certain children and pregnant women under the Medicaid program and CHIP.
TITLE III—Reducing Barriers to Providing Premium Assistance
Subtitle A—Additional State Option for Providing Premium Assistance
Sec. 301. Additional State option for providing premium assistance.
Sec. 302. Outreach, education, and enrollment assistance.
Subtitle B—Coordinating Premium Assistance with Private Coverage
Sec. 311. Special enrollment period under group health plans in case of termination of Medicaid or CHIP coverage or eligibility for assistance in purchase of employment-based coverage; coordination of coverage.
TITLE IV—Strengthening Quality of Care and Health Outcomes
Sec. 401. Child health quality improvement activities for children enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP.
Sec. 402. Improved availability of public information regarding enrollment of children in CHIP and Medicaid.
Sec. 403. Application of certain managed care quality safeguards to CHIP.
TITLE V—Improving Access to Benefits
Sec. 501. Dental benefits.
Sec. 502. Mental health parity in CHIP plans.
Sec. 503. Application of prospective payment system for services provided by Federally-qualified health centers and rural health clinics.
Sec. 504. Premium grace period.
Sec. 505. Clarification of coverage of services provided through school-based health centers.
Sec. 506. Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission.
TITLE VI—Program Integrity and Other Miscellaneous Provisions
Subtitle A—Program Integrity and Data Collection
Sec. 601. Payment error rate measurement (PERM
).
Sec. 602. Improving data collection.
Sec. 603. Updated Federal evaluation of CHIP.
Sec. 604. Access to records for IG and GAO audits and evaluations.
Sec. 605. No Federal funding for illegal aliens; disallowance for unauthorized expenditures.
Subtitle B—Miscellaneous Health Provisions
Sec. 611. Deficit Reduction Act technical corrections.
Sec. 612. References to title XXI.
Sec. 613. Prohibiting initiation of new health opportunity account demonstration programs.
Sec. 614. Adjustment in computation of Medicaid FMAP to disregard an extraordinary employer pension contribution.
Sec. 615. Clarification treatment of regional medical center.
Sec. 616. Extension of Medicaid DSH allotments for Tennessee and Hawaii.
Sec. 617. GAO report on Medicaid managed care payment rates.
Subtitle C—Other Provisions
Sec. 621. Outreach regarding health insurance options available to children.
Sec. 622. Sense of the Senate regarding access to affordable and meaningful health insurance coverage.
TITLE VII—Revenue Provisions
Sec. 701. Increase in excise tax rate on tobacco products.
Sec. 702. Administrative improvements.
Sec. 703. Treasury study concerning magnitude of tobacco smuggling in the United States.
Sec. 704. Time for payment of corporate estimated taxes.
2.It is the purpose of this Act to provide dependable and stable funding for children’s health insurance under titles XXI and XIX of the Social Security Act in order to enroll all six million uninsured children who are eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage today through such titles.
3.General effective date; exception for State legislation; contingent effective date; reliance on law
(a)Unless otherwise provided in this Act, subject to subsections (b) through (d), this Act (and the amendments made by this Act) shall take effect on April 1, 2009, and shall apply to child health assistance and medical assistance provided on or after that date.
(b)Exception for State legislationIn the case of a State plan under title XIX or State child health plan under XXI of the Social Security Act, which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation in order for the respective plan to meet one or more additional requirements imposed by amendments made by this Act, the respective plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such title solely on the basis of its failure to meet such an additional requirement before the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the State legislature that begins after the date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session shall be considered to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.
(c)Coordination of CHIP funding for fiscal year 2009Notwithstanding any other provision of law, insofar as funds have been appropriated under section 2104(a)(11), 2104(k), or 2104(l) of the Social Security Act, as amended by section 201 of Public Law 110–173, to provide allotments to States under CHIP for fiscal year 2009—
(1)any amounts that are so appropriated that are not so allotted and obligated before April 1, 2009 are rescinded; and
(2)any amount provided for CHIP allotments to a State under this Act (and the amendments made by this Act) for such fiscal year shall be reduced by the amount of such appropriations so allotted and obligated before such date.
(d)With respect to amendments made by this Act (other than title VII) that become effective as of a date—
(1)such amendments are effective as of such date whether or not regulations implementing such amendments have been issued; and
(2)Federal financial participation for medical assistance or child health assistance furnished under title XIX or XXI, respectively, of the Social Security Act on or after such date by a State in good faith reliance on such amendments before the date of promulgation of final regulations, if any, to carry out such amendments (or before the date of guidance, if any, regarding the implementation of such amendments) shall not be denied on the basis of the State’s failure to comply with such regulations or guidance.
<enum>I</enum><header>Financing</header>
<subtitle id="HE9F07162713B4155A5A87A818697B3C3"><enum>A</enum><header>Funding</header>
<section id="H8685BDDDF6B54E97892656797D57E1CF"><enum>101.</enum><header>Extension of CHIP</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2104(a) (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H00455141F94A45CAAE6BE04F7CA13205"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (10), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEA3A0FF394074A07984D0482EE2CC149"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (11), by striking <quote>each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2008</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF17CFB3A6BE4B689AF0FD68A12B7C09"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph id="HAD260C26A6B64AF98D7A8E6D11ABB64E"><enum>(12)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2009, $10,562,000,000;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H67033782B0FA4A21ABB72C0F8DB0B23D"><enum>(13)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2010, $12,520,000,000;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE1A4E835EC14C618B747B4014967CC3"><enum>(14)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2011, $13,459,000,000;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAD2DAD4EA771489485B30125591EFCD6"><enum>(15)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2012, $14,982,000,000; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H35A3CEA47BCA4E5EBC90BA0CAA86B58B"><enum>(16)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2013, for purposes of making 2 semi-annual allotments—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8D322BE6CB2F47BB9A279DDE458F52B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,850,000,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 2012, and ending on March 31, 2013, and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05CEE096D32546D681388C1384549267"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,850,000,000 for the period beginning on April 1, 2013, and ending on September 30, 2013.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1003545BC0045F9981C8C57689665A9"><enum>102.</enum><header>Allotments for States and territories for fiscal years 2009 through 2013</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2104 (42 U.S.C. 1397dd) is amended—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEF0DBC409B14A8C94117C660B7AED46"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>subsection (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (d) and (m)</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F8DD7FFDECE418ABF24932EA53A82F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(1), by striking <quote>subsection (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (d) and (m)(4)</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H869276CBCFA0492091848EEE6FC414F1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H08D7D74A6C41499394B074795E81B588"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Allotments for fiscal years 2009 through 2013</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB9984F74F3841F4BEA7E1D29CDCBD06"><enum>(1)</enum><header>For fiscal year 2009</header>
<subparagraph id="HC11BAAD888DE4A7FBDA56EFB70C6F4B0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>For the 50 States and the District of Columbia</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the succeeding provisions of this paragraph and paragraph (4), the Secretary shall allot for fiscal year 2009 from the amount made available under subsection (a)(12), to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia 110 percent of the highest of the following amounts for such State or District:</text>
<clause id="HB5B2894CF316464F9CD24A45F6F691F3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The total Federal payments to the State under this title for fiscal year 2008, multiplied by the allotment increase factor determined under paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2009.</text></clause>
<clause id="HF3B8FF7BCBD846469006048BB1CD5D8B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount allotted to the State for fiscal year 2008 under subsection (b), multiplied by the allotment increase factor determined under paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2009.</text></clause>
<clause id="HDE6A900C6BF04E209240AFF3C52CD2E3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The projected total Federal payments to the State under this title for fiscal year 2009, as determined on the basis of the February 2009 projections certified by the State to the Secretary by not later than March 31, 2009.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E7F1CBD19C64C54AC0FE23F288637EB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>For the commonwealths and territories</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the succeeding provisions of this paragraph and paragraph (4), the Secretary shall allot for fiscal year 2009 from the amount made available under subsection (a)(12) to each of the commonwealths and territories described in subsection (c)(3) an amount equal to the highest amount of Federal payments to the commonwealth or territory under this title for any fiscal year occurring during the period of fiscal years 1999 through 2008, multiplied by the allotment increase factor determined under paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2009, except that subparagraph (B) thereof shall be applied by substituting <quote>the United States</quote> for <quote>the State</quote>.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD44E7FBFDDAC47918C5A34D96CB0AB73"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Adjustment for qualifying states</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a qualifying State described in paragraph (2) of section 2105(g), the Secretary shall permit the State to submit a revised projection described in subparagraph (A)(iii) in order to take into account changes in such projections attributable to the application of paragraph (4) of such section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1262F7EA3B224D3CB9DCE1E833A8F9A9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>For fiscal years 2010 through 2012</header>
<subparagraph id="H8A3D50EFC61E4874A86C16D7365F558E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraphs (4) and (6), from the amount made available under paragraphs (13) through (15) of subsection (a) for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012, respectively, the Secretary shall compute a State allotment for each State (including the District of Columbia and each commonwealth and territory) for each such fiscal year as follows:</text>
<clause id="HBB382AA03CF54D7CA20E674EFA88AE4F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Growth factor update for fiscal year 2010</header><text>For fiscal year 2010, the allotment of the State is equal to the sum of—</text>
<subclause id="H400D281EB8494D73829075A3428CD8A6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the amount of the State allotment under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2009; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H3DCBAD9C487B4CF9946153A61B790BDE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount of any payments made to the State under subsection (k), (l), or (n) for fiscal year 2009,</text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">multiplied by the allotment increase factor under paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2010.</continuation-text></clause>
<clause id="H54D3D6AED9B24049A311F5EDA7626E4C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Rebasing in fiscal year 2011</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2011, the allotment of the State is equal to the Federal payments to the State that are attributable to (and countable towards) the total amount of allotments available under this section to the State in fiscal year 2010 (including payments made to the State under subsection (n) for fiscal year 2010 as well as amounts redistributed to the State in fiscal year 2010), multiplied by the allotment increase factor under paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2011.</text></clause>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2F3BD13C7C94844B01656A5E327DAD2"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Growth factor update for fiscal year 2012</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2012, the allotment of the State is equal to the sum of—</text>
<subclause id="HF44837BA153D49B9A073855C2DC71B5E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the amount of the State allotment under clause (ii) for fiscal year 2011; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H51B68BAE573C4C2D9DFE1C69810BBCAA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount of any payments made to the State under subsection (n) for fiscal year 2011,</text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">multiplied by the allotment increase factor under paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2012.</continuation-text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F8B43EF24724AA78245CCEDBABA515C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>For fiscal year 2013</header>
<subparagraph id="H249F223D55B643BF942A57188C44AF4D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>First half</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (4) and (6), from the amount made available under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (16) of subsection (a) for the semi-annual period described in such paragraph, increased by the amount of the appropriation for such period under section 108 of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, the Secretary shall compute a State allotment for each State (including the District of Columbia and each commonwealth and territory) for such semi-annual period in an amount equal to the first half ratio (described in subparagraph (D)) of the amount described in subparagraph (C).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7184F659594A4D6AB7F899BF62B31DFC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Second half</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (4) and (6), from the amount made available under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (16) of subsection (a) for the semi-annual period described in such paragraph, the Secretary shall compute a State allotment for each State (including the District of Columbia and each commonwealth and territory) for such semi-annual period in an amount equal to the amount made available under such subparagraph, multiplied by the ratio of—</text>
<clause id="H2C9BF8328CD045AA9716601C6F7AE400"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of the allotment to such State under subparagraph (A); to</text></clause>
<clause id="HB2EFD027D0604CA5869A0A9FC5DD71A4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total of the amount of all of the allotments made available under such subparagraph.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA98BE3CE6BF24EA6B302225C7DAF880A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Full year amount based on rebased amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount described in this subparagraph for a State is equal to the Federal payments to the State that are attributable to (and countable towards) the total amount of allotments available under this section to the State in fiscal year 2012 (including payments made to the State under subsection (n) for fiscal year 2012 as well as amounts redistributed to the State in fiscal year 2012), multiplied by the allotment increase factor under paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2013.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC148C69C132145E28CF53054E8542D32"><enum>(D)</enum><header>First half ratio</header><text>The first half ratio described in this subparagraph is the ratio of—</text>
<clause id="HA04AFA502B51450BA3E8CC67BC8018F6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sum of—</text>
<subclause id="HA8EE5773312F476C8D4EEB44AEE93AFA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the amount made available under subsection (a)(16)(A); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H87DDC6A53BA0434BAC5BA52DE85CC970"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount of the appropriation for such period under section 108 of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009; to</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H4801867E93D842F98C19172687AAD7E9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sum of the—</text>
<subclause id="HE1F43D72ED2944DF8B3C3D7A50354B69"><enum>(I)</enum><text>amount described in clause (i); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H640F86DB8681429782682FA7292C3AA1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount made available under subsection (a)(16)(B).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCB3FFEB3480643CE99249BB17C6FF4B9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Proration rule</header><text>If, after the application of this subsection without regard to this paragraph, the sum of the allotments determined under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) for a fiscal year (or, in the case of fiscal year 2013, for a semi-annual period in such fiscal year) exceeds the amount available under subsection (a) for such fiscal year or period, the Secretary shall reduce each allotment for any State under such paragraph for such fiscal year or period on a proportional basis.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB777374ADFD14C178EF73E729DD9BA3A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Allotment increase factor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The allotment increase factor under this paragraph for a fiscal year is equal to the product of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H0A5479F4089E48FB86CC8139AEF45D51"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Per capita health care growth factor</header><text>1 plus the percentage increase in the projected per capita amount of National Health Expenditures from the calendar year in which the previous fiscal year ends to the calendar year in which the fiscal year involved ends, as most recently published by the Secretary before the beginning of the fiscal year.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8269623D32834281B0BA32FCDCBF8733"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Child population growth factor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 plus the percentage increase (if any) in the population of children in the State from July 1 in the previous fiscal year to July 1 in the fiscal year involved, as determined by the Secretary based on the most recent published estimates of the Bureau of the Census before the beginning of the fiscal year involved, plus 1 percentage point.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE2B3C44F9E474D1D98376FC0C4456231"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Increase in allotment to account for approved program expansions</header><text>In the case of one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA81872E64DA542A4B1B079A55E452C90"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has submitted to the Secretary, and has approved by the Secretary, a State plan amendment or waiver request relating to an expansion of eligibility for children or benefits under this title that becomes effective for a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2010 and ending with fiscal year 2013); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H43E4AA0EA83A4A918FDCB158EF73A540"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has submitted to the Secretary, before the August 31 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year, a request for an expansion allotment adjustment under this paragraph for such fiscal year that specifies—</text>
<clause id="H9EC8C2D0BB4948C8B7955C804EDEFCEB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the additional expenditures that are attributable to the eligibility or benefit expansion provided under the amendment or waiver described in subparagraph (A), as certified by the State and submitted to the Secretary by not later than August 31 preceding the beginning of the fiscal year; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HE3A9D651DE4B403985B07C2B1D6729B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the extent to which such additional expenditures are projected to exceed the allotment of the State or District for the year,</text></clause></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">subject to paragraph (4), the amount of the allotment of the State or District under this subsection for such fiscal year shall be increased by the excess amount described in subparagraph (B)(i). A State or District may only obtain an increase under this paragraph for an allotment for fiscal year 2010 or fiscal year 2012.</continuation-text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8C91B3BCE68437E9918017F7C44CDE9"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Availability of amounts for semi-annual periods in fiscal year 2013</header><text>Each semi-annual allotment made under paragraph (3) for a period in fiscal year 2013 shall remain available for expenditure under this title for periods after the end of such fiscal year in the same manner as if the allotment had been made available for the entire fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD95AA0FFF4C74DDF9CE40B119379C77A"><enum>103.</enum><header>Child Enrollment Contingency Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2104 (42 U.S.C. 1397dd), as amended by section 102, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H384FDEA993B84B09B67F76B3AA0DBCA7"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Child Enrollment Contingency Fund</header>
<paragraph id="HAFF0D5BECC664689B81D2AEC8A98D61B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a fund which shall be known as the <quote>Child Enrollment Contingency Fund</quote> (in this subsection referred to as the <quote>Fund</quote>). Amounts in the Fund shall be available without further appropriations for payments under this subsection.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD21D1F84B6BB474EAA91A347232B6B41"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposits into fund</header>
<subparagraph id="H6975B22AD68F464CA1272E388491BE7C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial and subsequent appropriations</header><text>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (D), out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Fund—</text>
<clause id="H5B95BC8F260D4A53864EB2D914160014"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2009, an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount made available under paragraph (12) of subsection (a) for the fiscal year; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H78410A4271164284955C437FC6F17741"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012 (and for each of the semi-annual allotment periods for fiscal year 2013), such sums as are necessary for making payments to eligible States for such fiscal year or period, but not in excess of the aggregate cap described in subparagraph (B).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC5330651B17C491C8AE6E3C7448DBA17"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Aggregate cap</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total amount available for payment from the Fund for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012 (and for each of the semi-annual allotment periods for fiscal year 2013), taking into account deposits made under subparagraph (C), shall not exceed 20 percent of the amount made available under subsection (a) for the fiscal year or period.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3A7B5A65B7EF400F9931C70BBECDB0CF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Investment of fund</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest, in interest bearing securities of the United States, such currently available portions of the Fund as are not immediately required for payments from the Fund. The income derived from these investments constitutes a part of the Fund.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1E358911979645AF9AB82A8D35A262C2"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Availability of excess funds for performance bonuses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amounts in excess of the aggregate cap described in subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year or period shall be made available for purposes of carrying out section 2105(a)(3) for any succeeding fiscal year and the Secretary of the Treasury shall reduce the amount in the Fund by the amount so made available.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50CD26B4D3944321B2C3FCEF383D6DB6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Child Enrollment Contingency Fund payments</header>
<subparagraph id="H3FAB6A0CB28A41C3ACF9D585479345B1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State’s expenditures under this title in fiscal year 2009, fiscal year 2010, fiscal year 2011, fiscal year 2012, or a semi-annual allotment period for fiscal year 2013, exceed the total amount of allotments available under this section to the State in the fiscal year or period (determined without regard to any redistribution it receives under subsection (f) that is available for expenditure during such fiscal year or period, but including any carryover from a previous fiscal year) and if the average monthly unduplicated number of children enrolled under the State plan under this title (including children receiving health care coverage through funds under this title pursuant to a waiver under section 1115) during such fiscal year or period exceeds its target average number of such enrollees (as determined under subparagraph (B)) for that fiscal year or period, subject to subparagraph (D), the Secretary shall pay to the State from the Fund an amount equal to the product of—</text>
<clause id="H3FFD228080BA4C6DA1E39F29B84D769E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount by which such average monthly caseload exceeds such target number of enrollees; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H4990D390561D4152A078DE9E846E194C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the projected per capita expenditures under the State child health plan (as determined under subparagraph (C) for the fiscal year), multiplied by the enhanced FMAP (as defined in section 2105(b)) for the State and fiscal year involved (or in which the period occurs).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H56431E12F0D2401E8265E53CACC79708"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Target average number of child enrollees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the target average number of child enrollees for a State—</text>
<clause id="H000565ABC9FE4DE8B8CD0457A70767B7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2009 is equal to the monthly average unduplicated number of children enrolled in the State child health plan under this title (including such children receiving health care coverage through funds under this title pursuant to a waiver under section 1115) during fiscal year 2008 increased by the population growth for children in that State for the year ending on June 30, 2007 (as estimated by the Bureau of the Census) plus 1 percentage point; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H292C4AC6703C438B86D88147EF957D31"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a subsequent fiscal year (or semi-annual period occurring in a fiscal year) is equal to the target average number of child enrollees for the State for the previous fiscal year increased by the child population growth factor described in subsection (m)(5)(B) for the State for the prior fiscal year.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H039C41E3CE114DDB89A82D50211C4478"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Projected per capita expenditures</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), the projected per capita expenditures under a State child health plan—</text>
<clause id="H85C52DF0BAC24E36BA61E5D8420ABDFE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2009 is equal to the average per capita expenditures (including both State and Federal financial participation) under such plan for the targeted low-income children counted in the average monthly caseload for purposes of this paragraph during fiscal year 2008, increased by the annual percentage increase in the projected per capita amount of National Health Expenditures (as estimated by the Secretary) for 2009; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H124B8F0500F044B28AC422612898F962"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a subsequent fiscal year (or semi-annual period occurring in a fiscal year) is equal to the projected per capita expenditures under such plan for the previous fiscal year (as determined under clause (i) or this clause) increased by the annual percentage increase in the projected per capita amount of National Health Expenditures (as estimated by the Secretary) for the year in which such subsequent fiscal year ends.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BCA0906FFCB43798985B06327954F8E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Proration rule</header><text>If the amounts available for payment from the Fund for a fiscal year or period are less than the total amount of payments determined under subparagraph (A) for the fiscal year or period, the amount to be paid under such subparagraph to each eligible State shall be reduced proportionally.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF38BB589F7E6489BAC7247F08985737B"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Timely payment; reconciliation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payment under this paragraph for a fiscal year or period shall be made before the end of the fiscal year or period based upon the most recent data for expenditures and enrollment and the provisions of subsection (e) of section 2105 shall apply to payments under this subsection in the same manner as they apply to payments under such section.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF8C60382993C4E46ABD2CF34890B44FB"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Continued reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this paragraph and subsection (f), the State shall submit to the Secretary the State’s projected Federal expenditures, even if the amount of such expenditures exceeds the total amount of allotments available to the State in such fiscal year or period.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H960F138F472840628F352201EA1E082B"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Application to commonwealths and territories</header><text>No payment shall be made under this paragraph to a commonwealth or territory described in subsection (c)(3) until such time as the Secretary determines that there are in effect methods, satisfactory to the Secretary, for the collection and reporting of reliable data regarding the enrollment of children described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) in order to accurately determine the commonwealth’s or territory’s eligibility for, and amount of payment, under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1EA643BB7594F2189F4BA5D43F7FDA9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>CHIP performance bonus payment to offset additional enrollment costs resulting from enrollment and retention efforts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2105(a) (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H1B03823ADE6E406C995A63815FFF3F08"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Performance bonus payment to offset additional medicaid and CHIP child enrollment costs resulting from enrollment and retention efforts</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB94FD23D2AC4422EBDFC31A519B446AA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the payments made under paragraph (1), for each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2009 and ending with fiscal year 2013), the Secretary shall pay from amounts made available under subparagraph (E), to each State that meets the condition under paragraph (4) for the fiscal year, an amount equal to the amount described in subparagraph (B) for the State and fiscal year. The payment under this paragraph shall be made, to a State for a fiscal year, as a single payment not later than the last day of the first calendar quarter of the following fiscal year.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3653CF65A9874D48B19C4FDED452E691"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount for above baseline Medicaid child enrollment costs</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (E), the amount described in this subparagraph for a State for a fiscal year is equal to the sum of the following amounts:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H555409D348664C5399231743CC3DFD91"><enum>(i)</enum><header>First tier above baseline Medicaid enrollees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An amount equal to the number of first tier above baseline child enrollees (as determined under subparagraph (C)(i)) under title XIX for the State and fiscal year, multiplied by 15 percent of the projected per capita State Medicaid expenditures (as determined under subparagraph (D)) for the State and fiscal year under title XIX.</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H9B06373D22F347CFA580C39422B435B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Second tier above baseline Medicaid enrollees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An amount equal to the number of second tier above baseline child enrollees (as determined under subparagraph (C)(ii)) under title XIX for the State and fiscal year, multiplied by 62.5 percent of the projected per capita State Medicaid expenditures (as determined under subparagraph (D)) for the State and fiscal year under title XIX.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEEA56410DBEC4BF9B3BB1558DEB2E5B9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Number of first and second tier above baseline child enrollees; baseline number of child enrollees</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H9591FC1E7FCB4D16BB23C2DABF716804"><enum>(i)</enum><header>First tier above baseline child enrollees</header><text>The number of first tier above baseline child enrollees for a State for a fiscal year under title XIX is equal to the number (if any, as determined by the Secretary) by which—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H24B1D1DFCA214B5387D93E432D90D27E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the monthly average unduplicated number of qualifying children (as defined in subparagraph (F)) enrolled during the fiscal year under the State plan under title XIX, respectively; exceeds</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H3986C26110D94B9C8D39CCA167890BC8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the baseline number of enrollees described in clause (iii) for the State and fiscal year under title XIX, respectively;</text></subclause><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="clause">but not to exceed 10 percent of the baseline number of enrollees described in subclause (II).</continuation-text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H74BF4EEAF66641FC925870DF02D95C5A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Second tier above baseline child enrollees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of second tier above baseline child enrollees for a State for a fiscal year under title XIX is equal to the number (if any, as determined by the Secretary) by which—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H609703BADEB34CC890AB193F1F58248C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the monthly average unduplicated number of qualifying children (as defined in subparagraph (F)) enrolled during the fiscal year under title XIX as described in clause (i)(I); exceeds</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H892D3D840A714E21AC20596EB1C2EE12"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the sum of the baseline number of child enrollees described in clause (iii) for the State and fiscal year under title XIX, as described in clause (i)(II), and the maximum number of first tier above baseline child enrollees for the State and fiscal year under title XIX, as determined under clause (i).</text></subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F776A82DBA94D96AE9BC150F1ED25CD"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Baseline number of child enrollees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (H), the baseline number of child enrollees for a State under title XIX—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H1D86E878223E4ACF85388C411EBC62A5"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2009 is equal to the monthly average unduplicated number of qualifying children enrolled in the State plan under title XIX during fiscal year 2007 increased by the population growth for children in that State from 2007 to 2008 (as estimated by the Bureau of the Census) plus 4 percentage points, and further increased by the population growth for children in that State from 2008 to 2009 (as estimated by the Bureau of the Census) plus 4 percentage points;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H39BFB74F4C6543F984233705A6442188"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each of fiscal years 2010, 2011, and 2012, is equal to the baseline number of child enrollees for the State for the previous fiscal year under title XIX, increased by the population growth for children in that State from the calendar year in which the respective fiscal year begins to the succeeding calendar year (as estimated by the Bureau of the Census) plus 3.5 percentage points;</text></subclause>
<subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73B7005D686141C3B1CB55472951E8DA"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each of fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015, is equal to the baseline number of child enrollees for the State for the previous fiscal year under title XIX, increased by the population growth for children in that State from the calendar year in which the respective fiscal year begins to the succeeding calendar year (as estimated by the Bureau of the Census) plus 3 percentage points; and</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H0A11D66886184A31948998CAA7A6E33D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a subsequent fiscal year is equal to the baseline number of child enrollees for the State for the previous fiscal year under title XIX, increased by the population growth for children in that State from the calendar year in which the fiscal year involved begins to the succeeding calendar year (as estimated by the Bureau of the Census) plus 2 percentage points.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9D828F8FFCC3493E95739C356A3793F9"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Projected per capita State Medicaid expenditures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subparagraph (B), the projected per capita State Medicaid expenditures for a State and fiscal year under title XIX is equal to the average per capita expenditures (including both State and Federal financial participation) for children under the State plan under such title, including under waivers but not including such children eligible for assistance by virtue of the receipt of benefits under title XVI, for the most recent fiscal year for which actual data are available (as determined by the Secretary), increased (for each subsequent fiscal year up to and including the fiscal year involved) by the annual percentage increase in per capita amount of National Health Expenditures (as estimated by the Secretary) for the calendar year in which the respective subsequent fiscal year ends and multiplied by a State matching percentage equal to 100 percent minus the Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in section 1905(b)) for the fiscal year involved.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB15E56329B464A759E4E5D568A8CC111"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Amounts available for payments</header>
<clause id="HDE01D5A2E62748768DA14D852659936C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Initial appropriation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated $3,225,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 for making payments under this paragraph, to be available until expended.</text></clause>
<clause id="H923AFE3AC2CE49B8BB4E57C38558504A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Transfers</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the following amounts shall also be available, without fiscal year limitation, for making payments under this paragraph:</text>
<subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7FCBE175C9AA4631AD501BFC20866AEA"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Unobligated national allotment</header>
<item id="H9D997D6F7DF34D79AC2EC1968D785C4B"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Fiscal years 2009 through 2012</header><text>As of December 31 of fiscal year 2009, and as of December 31 of each succeeding fiscal year through fiscal year 2012, the portion, if any, of the amount appropriated under subsection (a) for such fiscal year that is unobligated for allotment to a State under subsection (m) for such fiscal year or set aside under subsection (a)(3) or (b)(2) of section 2111 for such fiscal year.</text></item>
<item id="H14D269814A9E4AE394F8A7741A001F44"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>First half of fiscal year 2013</header><text>As of December 31 of fiscal year 2013, the portion, if any, of the sum of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a)(16)(A) and under section 108 of the Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2009 for the period beginning on October 1, 2012, and ending on March 31, 2013, that is unobligated for allotment to a State under subsection (m) for such fiscal year or set aside under subsection (b)(2) of section 2111 for such fiscal year.</text></item>
<item commented="no" id="HF171DAD0AF5E47D4B4DD94062DAAEDE9"><enum>(cc)</enum><header>Second half of fiscal year 2013</header><text>As of June 30 of fiscal year 2013, the portion, if any, of the amount appropriated under subsection (a)(16)(B) for the period beginning on April 1, 2013, and ending on September 30, 2013, that is unobligated for allotment to a State under subsection (m) for such fiscal year or set aside under subsection (b)(2) of section 2111 for such fiscal year.</text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="HF81835BC3F324BBD900DE87C3F538E63"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Unexpended allotments not used for redistribution</header><text>As of November 15 of each of fiscal years 2010 through 2013, the total amount of allotments made to States under section 2104 for the second preceding fiscal year (third preceding fiscal year in the case of the fiscal year 2006, 2007, and 2008 allotments) that is not expended or redistributed under section 2104(f) during the period in which such allotments are available for obligation.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H4CEA4A68B48949B981BD6521630DA248"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Excess child enrollment contingency funds</header><text>As of October 1 of each of fiscal years 2010 through 2013, any amount in excess of the aggregate cap applicable to the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund for the fiscal year under section 2104(n).</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H91D3B773C77743B29DB1D13ADD965A97"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Unexpended transitional coverage block grant for nonpregnant childless adults</header><text>As of October 1, 2011, any amounts set aside under section 2111(a)(3) that are not expended by September 30, 2011.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HDE5C552B18C5489DA06751B2CB0B3594"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Proportional reduction</header><text>If the sum of the amounts otherwise payable under this paragraph for a fiscal year exceeds the amount available for the fiscal year under this subparagraph, the amount to be paid under this paragraph to each State shall be reduced proportionally.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H59FF5286CD7440D3AC268FCC917A3FC9"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Qualifying children defined</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H235EC32E47764E0CBFEAF37CBA39BC08"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), the term <term>qualifying children</term> means children who meet the eligibility criteria (including income, categorical eligibility, age, and immigration status criteria) in effect as of July 1, 2008, for enrollment under title XIX, taking into account criteria applied as of such date under title XIX pursuant to a waiver under section 1115.</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H2EC7222086C84E9A92AC020BBA6D5B8F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A child described in clause (i) who is provided medical assistance during a presumptive eligibility period under section 1920A shall be considered to be a <term>qualifying child</term> only if the child is determined to be eligible for medical assistance under title XIX.</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HFCE6DF520198415C80065DCED3E8EA02"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such term does not include any children for whom the State has made an election to provide medical assistance under paragraph (4) of section 1903(v).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF64C474F9D7D415A9B1A955C07A81FCA"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Application to commonwealths and territories</header><text>The provisions of subparagraph (G) of section 2104(n)(3) shall apply with respect to payment under this paragraph in the same manner as such provisions apply to payment under such section.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H73F0F19BA94C47F882EF306B637CEEBE"><enum>(H)</enum><header> Application to states that implement a Medicaid expansion for children after fiscal year 2008</header><text>In the case of a State that provides coverage under section 115 of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2008—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H374F2D34175C44E9A54AE4C40943DC49"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any child enrolled in the State plan under title XIX through the application of such an election shall be disregarded from the determination for the State of the monthly average unduplicated number of qualifying children enrolled in such plan during the first 3 fiscal years in which such an election is in effect; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H21C37E4949FA442A8EE0E1F27B9D19B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in determining the baseline number of child enrollees for the State for any fiscal year subsequent to such first 3 fiscal years, the baseline number of child enrollees for the State under title XIX for the third of such fiscal years shall be the monthly average unduplicated number of qualifying children enrolled in the State plan under title XIX for such third fiscal year.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF14DE481ABE44505B703D686AFD8F27F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Enrollment and retention provisions for children</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of paragraph (3)(A), a State meets the condition of this paragraph for a fiscal year if it is implementing at least 5 of the following enrollment and retention provisions (treating each subparagraph as a separate enrollment and retention provision) throughout the entire fiscal year:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H73021A17199846A495991D9B13E197DD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Continuous eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State has elected the option of continuous eligibility for a full 12 months for all children described in section 1902(e)(12) under title XIX under 19 years of age, as well as applying such policy under its State child health plan under this title.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7679A836D6C747FB976BDFD5B201B94D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Liberalization of asset requirements</header><text>The State meets the requirement specified in either of the following clauses:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H6A5A8B136A3E4ACEB711E8026DD42DBF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Elimination of asset test</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State does not apply any asset or resource test for eligibility for children under title XIX or this title.</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HD0B8C07AC20B4A739E5D366FD24AA9BF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Administrative verification of assets</header><text>The State—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H97D962821AB64086997BECFEE51038D4"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">permits a parent or caretaker relative who is applying on behalf of a child for medical assistance under title XIX or child health assistance under this title to declare and certify by signature under penalty of perjury information relating to family assets for purposes of determining and redetermining financial eligibility; and</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="HCEA87E9AD724484182446BFB2463787F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>takes steps to verify assets through means other than by requiring documentation from parents and applicants except in individual cases of discrepancies or where otherwise justified.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H94C5ACAD976D4C26A40645E789A91A14"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Elimination of in-person interview requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State does not require an application of a child for medical assistance under title XIX (or for child health assistance under this title), including an application for renewal of such assistance, to be made in person nor does the State require a face-to-face interview, unless there are discrepancies or individual circumstances justifying an in-person application or face-to-face interview.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD6FDAAF3092646DE931C898AA229B326"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Use of joint application for medicaid and CHIP</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The application form and supplemental forms (if any) and information verification process is the same for purposes of establishing and renewing eligibility for children for medical assistance under title XIX and child health assistance under this title.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8247F6ED7B44F9BB3EC96CD462DB0EF"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Automatic renewal (use of administrative renewal)</header>
<clause commented="no" id="HD9D8C46FE333451C890C7200C142392A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The State provides, in the case of renewal of a child’s eligibility for medical assistance under title XIX or child health assistance under this title, a pre-printed form completed by the State based on the information available to the State and notice to the parent or caretaker relative of the child that eligibility of the child will be renewed and continued based on such information unless the State is provided other information. Nothing in this clause shall be construed as preventing a State from verifying, through electronic and other means, the information so provided.</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H4E3D5321B47845EBA1F86C0995D0D33F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Satisfaction through demonstrated use of ex parte process</header><text>A State shall be treated as satisfying the requirement of clause (i) if renewal of eligibility of children under title XIX or this title is determined without any requirement for an in-person interview, unless sufficient information is not in the State’s possession and cannot be acquired from other sources (including other State agencies) without the participation of the applicant or the applicant’s parent or caretaker relative.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H24E9FD5D189F46D680A0CEE1D5ADAA41"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Presumptive eligibility for children</header><text>The State is implementing section 1920A under title XIX as well as, pursuant to section 2107(e)(1), under this title.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B2C81B6FE9D4C02A60E16F9D437C984"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Express lane</header><text>The State is implementing the option described in section 1902(e)(13) under title XIX as well as, pursuant to section 2107(e)(1), under this title.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32A4791375044CD1A33812A2AED74AD9"><enum>(H)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Premium assistance subsidies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State is implementing the option of providing premium assistance subsidies under section 2105(c)(10) or section 1906A.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04C82AE2DEDB4183AA07DBEC49C1D636" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header>Two-year initial availability of CHIP allotments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2104(e) (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(e)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HFE89158498BF457A9747841A60567595"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Availability of amounts allotted</header>
<paragraph id="H8C588CB8571E45E2A14EB544B7A93B13"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), amounts allotted to a State pursuant to this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4E03955F82CE4EFE90983616D4300544"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2008, shall remain available for expenditure by the State through the end of the second succeeding fiscal year; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3BBC560E677A4C35853CFC278CA7DCE3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, shall remain available for expenditure by the State through the end of the succeeding fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8B1FFA3FA13400A85C720904A4C1F55"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of amounts redistributed</header><text>Amounts redistributed to a State under subsection (f) shall be available for expenditure by the State through the end of the fiscal year in which they are redistributed.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H8D27589BFED2460B830E26FDCD02067C"><enum>106.</enum><header>Redistribution of unused allotments</header>
<subsection id="H0EE86C90701D4DF88ED754AFB243E38E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Beginning with fiscal year 2007</header>
<paragraph id="H9AEF06770DE24567995BBABA365A9370"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 2104(f) (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(f)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE8BA3DC07BCB4B5F915F3F3FF36AA96F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FD062594B894292BF7E4E422EE66081" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9CCC2B070D2F4756B850C1CC5539DA55"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H707DF9137196491192EEAA3C7B2EEE86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>States that have fully expended the amount of their allotments under this section.</quote> and inserting <quote>States that the Secretary determines with respect to the fiscal year for which unused allotments are available for redistribution under this subsection, are shortfall States described in paragraph (2) for such fiscal year, but not to exceed the amount of the shortfall described in paragraph (2)(A) for each such State (as may be adjusted under paragraph (2)(C)).</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5C9AE87AA73D44F6A5F9EEFDAE1B4DCF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF07500B8B2594D16A641901AA297B2EE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H007933BA45C64AA1882BAA1D6E647528"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Shortfall states described</header>
<subparagraph id="H94D4E8FD95DD4BA8A11B8CA2D8B9C475"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), with respect to a fiscal year, a shortfall State described in this subparagraph is a State with a State child health plan approved under this title for which the Secretary estimates on the basis of the most recent data available to the Secretary, that the projected expenditures under such plan for the State for the fiscal year will exceed the sum of—</text>
<clause id="HA664723BF22D4393AC07CD88126A4384"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of the State’s allotments for any preceding fiscal years that remains available for expenditure and that will not be expended by the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF0E7598491DF4369886CC0B2DA57AF1B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount (if any) of the child enrollment contingency fund payment under subsection (n); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H86D5DF343075468BA775C2C68B2D2338"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the amount of the State’s allotment for the fiscal year.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4AC431BF8329433FA2D1C724E610C087"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Proration rule</header><text>If the amounts available for redistribution under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year are less than the total amounts of the estimated shortfalls determined for the year under subparagraph (A), the amount to be redistributed under such paragraph for each shortfall State shall be reduced proportionally.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H18B84DA5040A4CD9A8699683ED300134"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Retrospective adjustment</header><text>The Secretary may adjust the estimates and determinations made under paragraph (1) and this paragraph with respect to a fiscal year as necessary on the basis of the amounts reported by States not later than November 30 of the succeeding fiscal year, as approved by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H33786E7CE3854914B59B5C59C71FA3AE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall apply to redistribution of allotments made for fiscal year 2007 and subsequent fiscal years.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H77C04E777D054B5B9A5D706441FA169C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Redistribution of unused allotments for fiscal year 2006</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2104(k) (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(k)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H28AF947D07284795A0C6A7090929FFB6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking “<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">the First 2 Quarters of</header-in-text>”;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E872319347F4CAE9A09FA8664EFAA13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking “the first 2 quarters of”; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBDE5009185BD4715AEA15D4D17D90B48"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D10B2EB18DF45D2B1B4A1419DD44D9A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking “the first 2 quarters of”; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0A34AFC18DD9423DBE105A5912972963"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking “March 31” and inserting “September 30”.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44C57ED47E134106AA58F8DC32B72F77" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header>Option for qualifying States to receive the enhanced portion of the CHIP matching rate for Medicaid coverage of certain children</header>
<subsection id="H3FF6A94796BE4AF7AA476A3E318DC5A5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2105(g) (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2C29FB071E4847DCBACEE0E77823CA9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(A), as amended by section 201(b)(1) of Public Law 110–173—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFDF2ED18F3594853A36B40B00ED85636"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>subject to paragraph (4),</quote> after <quote>Notwithstanding any other provision of law,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H63F4EBB4F36A48F8A5EE5B11B432379D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2008, or 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>or 2008</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B2FC988F7BA4CBEAA465EE4695443B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2DF3736ADEB14BDAB9E44EB85DF74181" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB43C1884E89345D9A12A26F7A133B429"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Option for allotments for fiscal years 2009 through 2013</header>
<subparagraph id="H6C182008753F43EAB3153B12216BD2FA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Payment of enhanced portion of matching rate for certain expenditures</header><text>In the case of expenditures described in subparagraph (B), a qualifying State (as defined in paragraph (2)) may elect to be paid from the State’s allotment made under section 2104 for any of fiscal years 2009 through 2013 (insofar as the allotment is available to the State under subsections (e) and (m) of such section) an amount each quarter equal to the additional amount that would have been paid to the State under title XIX with respect to such expenditures if the enhanced FMAP (as determined under subsection (b)) had been substituted for the Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in section 1905(b)).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5E7E747E057E4E38BE637043DCE5A6DD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Expenditures described</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the expenditures described in this subparagraph are expenditures made after the date of the enactment of this paragraph and during the period in which funds are available to the qualifying State for use under subparagraph (A), for the provision of medical assistance to individuals residing in the State who are eligible for medical assistance under the State plan under title XIX or under a waiver of such plan and who have not attained age 19 (or, if a State has so elected under the State plan under title XIX, age 20 or 21), and whose family income equals or exceeds 133 percent of the poverty line but does not exceed the Medicaid applicable income level.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5568C0ADC56E47088189DCE676E02731"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal of limitation on availability of fiscal year 2009 allotments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of section 201(b) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–173) is repealed.</text></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9EF2B36CB8F64DD0AA4E6EF70FA77895" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header>One-time appropriation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $11,706,000,000 to accompany the allotment made for the period beginning on October 1, 2012, and ending on March 31, 2013, under section 2104(a)(16)(A) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a)(16)(A)) (as added by section 101), to remain available until expended. Such amount shall be used to provide allotments to States under paragraph (3) of section 2104(m) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(i)), as added by section 102, for the first 6 months of fiscal year 2013 in the same manner as allotments are provided under subsection (a)(16)(A) of such section 2104 and subject to the same terms and conditions as apply to the allotments provided from such subsection (a)(16)(A).</text></section>
<section commented="no" id="H1DE0389530694868A7C0EAE6E25BE618"><enum>109.</enum><header>Improving funding for the territories under CHIP and Medicaid</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1108(g) (42 U.S.C. 1308(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HA4E689E777114DE681533C0ED8C2E6FE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Exclusion of certain expenditures from payment limits</header><text>With respect to fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2009, if Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa qualify for a payment under subparagraph (A)(i), (B), or (F) of section 1903(a)(3) for a calendar quarter of such fiscal year, the payment shall not be taken into account in applying subsection (f) (as increased in accordance with paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection) to such commonwealth or territory for such fiscal year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="HBF07B7DD5CFB4EB7BB4EDFA70E28714F"><enum>B</enum><header>Focus on Low-Income Children and Pregnant Women</header>
<section id="H24782CB39B8646F494A71D1D65D01F4A"><enum>111.</enum><header>State option to cover low-income pregnant women under CHIP through a State plan amendment</header>
<subsection id="H2E29FC769B9241D2802C2E39E44B2010"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Title XXI (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.), as amended by section 112(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="HBB3CA749F219406A9FEEBE2520FEAADB"><enum>2112.</enum><header>Optional coverage of targeted low-income pregnant women through a State plan amendment</header>
<subsection id="H9D018B096B8A4E1B9BAE3A3DB71F9781"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, a State may elect through an amendment to its State child health plan under section 2102 to provide pregnancy-related assistance under such plan for targeted low-income pregnant women.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H6740CDD5FEA442FCA7C6956D1F34A63E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>A State may only elect the option under subsection (a) if the following conditions are satisfied:</text>
<paragraph id="H313E449D438F473C99F5DDC9412BA9FE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Minimum income eligibility levels for pregnant women and children</header><text>The State has established an income eligibility level—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6B2363A2E5C442F2993593B18E0437A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for pregnant women under subsection (a)(10)(A)(i)(III), (a)(10)(A)(i)(IV), or (l)(1)(A) of section 1902 that is at least 185 percent (or such higher percent as the State has in effect with regard to pregnant women under this title) of the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved, but in no case lower than the percent in effect under any such subsection as of July 1, 2008; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAAAAB2A2EF6948FBA91D78F167D9C148"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for children under 19 years of age under this title (or title XIX) that is at least 200 percent of the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H69E0CF02212C40E8ADCF8E5B799C6F4A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No chip income eligibility level for pregnant women lower than the state’s medicaid level</header><text>The State does not apply an effective income level for pregnant women under the State plan amendment that is lower than the effective income level (expressed as a percent of the poverty line and considering applicable income disregards) specified under subsection (a)(10)(A)(i)(III), (a)(10)(A)(i)(IV), or (l)(1)(A) of section 1902, on the date of enactment of this paragraph to be eligible for medical assistance as a pregnant woman.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8E71D3727C544562BB3E749EA20E5AA0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No coverage for higher income pregnant women without covering lower income pregnant women</header><text>The State does not provide coverage for pregnant women with higher family income without covering pregnant women with a lower family income.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE07989AC36E4D4FB7844ACB9B64A021"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application of requirements for coverage of targeted low-income children</header><text>The State provides pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women in the same manner, and subject to the same requirements, as the State provides child health assistance for targeted low-income children under the State child health plan, and in addition to providing child health assistance for such women.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17F2DB404C6F469B89D01005300DE559"><enum>(5)</enum><header>No preexisting condition exclusion or waiting period</header><text>The State does not apply any exclusion of benefits for pregnancy-related assistance based on any preexisting condition or any waiting period (including any waiting period imposed to carry out section 2102(b)(3)(C)) for receipt of such assistance.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4AF2A1918F2345548246B0CBA505DF8B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Application of cost-sharing protection</header><text>The State provides pregnancy-related assistance to a targeted low-income woman consistent with the cost-sharing protections under section 2103(e) and applies the limitation on total annual aggregate cost sharing imposed under paragraph (3)(B) of such section to the family of such a woman.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDF17E68515294DFCB460ED4EE4FEFE21"><enum>(7)</enum><header>No waiting list for children</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State does not impose, with respect to the enrollment under the State child health plan of targeted low-income children during the quarter, any enrollment cap or other numerical limitation on enrollment, any waiting list, any procedures designed to delay the consideration of applications for enrollment, or similar limitation with respect to enrollment.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H547BC17014DD44E3AAD801EA692D0CD7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Option To Provide Presumptive Eligibility</header><text>A State that elects the option under subsection (a) and satisfies the conditions described in subsection (b) may elect to apply section 1920 (relating to presumptive eligibility for pregnant women) to the State child health plan in the same manner as such section applies to the State plan under title XIX.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC80B61FFC08B4484BC9F327E2F9BED66"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HABC568B775D446A886647425CB870DAD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Pregnancy-related assistance</header><text>The term <term>pregnancy-related assistance</term> has the meaning given the term <term>child health assistance</term> in section 2110(a) with respect to an individual during the period described in paragraph (2)(A).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H67B4959837B34B6EB078A514A357DDED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Targeted low-income pregnant woman</header><text>The term <term>targeted low-income pregnant woman</term> means an individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE802675B59ED4300A6EF9780E4C9BB90"><enum>(A)</enum><text>during pregnancy and through the end of the month in which the 60-day period (beginning on the last day of her pregnancy) ends;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H510FC72F79274750AC1A2CA1AF56B0F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whose family income exceeds 185 percent (or, if higher, the percent applied under subsection (b)(1)(A)) of the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved, but does not exceed the income eligibility level established under the State child health plan under this title for a targeted low-income child; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H786588F15D36429F95CDC8A296C6693A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>who satisfies the requirements of paragraphs (1)(A), (1)(C), (2), and (3) of section 2110(b) in the same manner as a child applying for child health assistance would have to satisfy such requirements.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7D25D7A84BE44AF28D35CEB4A418E87A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Automatic Enrollment for Children Born to Women Receiving Pregnancy-Related Assistance</header><text>If a child is born to a targeted low-income pregnant woman who was receiving pregnancy-related assistance under this section on the date of the child’s birth, the child shall be deemed to have applied for child health assistance under the State child health plan and to have been found eligible for such assistance under such plan or to have applied for medical assistance under title XIX and to have been found eligible for such assistance under such title, as appropriate, on the date of such birth and to remain eligible for such assistance until the child attains 1 year of age. During the period in which a child is deemed under the preceding sentence to be eligible for child health or medical assistance, the child health or medical assistance eligibility identification number of the mother shall also serve as the identification number of the child, and all claims shall be submitted and paid under such number (unless the State issues a separate identification number for the child before such period expires).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HE08AA3D2995A4C3EA5197257D584F83A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>States Providing Assistance Through Other Options</header>
<paragraph id="H47C3007A2E5646ABA058AD48188E5EBA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Continuation of other options for providing assistance</header><text>The option to provide assistance in accordance with the preceding subsections of this section shall not limit any other option for a State to provide—</text>
<subparagraph id="H114F60CAF0F84119BEF90B8985E01993"><enum>(A)</enum><text>child health assistance through the application of sections 457.10, 457.350(b)(2), 457.622(c)(5), and 457.626(a)(3) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect after the final rule adopted by the Secretary and set forth at 67 Fed. Reg. 61956–61974 (October 2, 2002)), or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6290746B2FA54117873A938696063BD9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>pregnancy-related services through the application of any waiver authority (as in effect on June 1, 2008).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D49DD4A4B7F4E6A93E780A5E93A560F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clarification of authority to provide postpartum services</header><text>Any State that provides child health assistance under any authority described in paragraph (1) may continue to provide such assistance, as well as postpartum services, through the end of the month in which the 60-day period (beginning on the last day of the pregnancy) ends, in the same manner as such assistance and postpartum services would be provided if provided under the State plan under title XIX, but only if the mother would otherwise satisfy the eligibility requirements that apply under the State child health plan (other than with respect to age) during such period.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H67D00B5EC7B54AF5A2CA586D96606563"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No inference</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed—</text>
<subparagraph id="H445252DA2A954B2CBCE47A5240E1632C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to infer congressional intent regarding the legality or illegality of the content of the sections specified in paragraph (1)(A); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H188FAB7947324E4381DFE438096A0E41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to modify the authority to provide pregnancy-related services under a waiver specified in paragraph (1)(B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HA79B4001C75A41A8B830E0924321EB50"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional Conforming Amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H7871A32F29544F228089083AA5EF90A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No cost sharing for pregnancy-related benefits</header><text>Section 2103(e)(2) (42 U.S.C. 1397cc(e)(2)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB3AB2FCB83C0470EAE060B76AEBE0644"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text>or pregnancy-related assistance</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text>preventive services</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H50F4437C3AA84BCAA1C65A1FC9109E7A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>or for pregnancy-related assistance</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB1B71BF910C1416DA25AE57630A4946E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No waiting period</header><text>Section 2102(b)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 1397bb(b)(1)(B)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0AD0725B1B9249C2B615E10C330B4BE5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>, and</quote> at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4DC9772FBE384AF78F31BCE797BCCABE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBD025E25B34A488CA0E1CDACE15E145F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="H8CB72FBA1E45450491A1914B48BB67AC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>may not apply a waiting period (including a waiting period to carry out paragraph (3)(C)) in the case of a targeted low-income pregnant woman provided pregnancy-related assistance under section 2112.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF536CAAC6DC041A581F88688A290FCE6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</enum><header>Phase-out of coverage for nonpregnant childless adults under CHIP; conditions for coverage of parents</header>
<subsection id="H2551FF349B28404DABCB8B3F12278936"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Phase-Out Rules</header>
<paragraph id="HA468C7BBD1444C4A93FD12377C822DCD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title XXI (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H98C263CAB7194B0BBAD4046E1B49834D"><enum>2111.</enum><header>Phase-Out of coverage for nonpregnant childless adults; conditions for coverage of parents</header>
<subsection id="HAF1DBDCF92934C668C76117374B7BA83"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Termination of Coverage for Nonpregnant Childless Adults</header>
<paragraph id="H62257279366D453F860AFD775C2D900E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No new chip waivers; automatic extensions at state option through 2009</header><text>Notwithstanding section 1115 or any other provision of this title, except as provided in this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H84FA9704109E45A9A3562B3EFA9B52D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary shall not on or after the date of the enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, approve or renew a waiver, experimental, pilot, or demonstration project that would allow funds made available under this title to be used to provide child health assistance or other health benefits coverage to a nonpregnant childless adult; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC9FE89F3FAF74C7EABF618B27F9FE878"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notwithstanding the terms and conditions of an applicable existing waiver, the provisions of paragraph (2) shall apply for purposes of any period beginning on or after January 1, 2010, in determining the period to which the waiver applies, the individuals eligible to be covered by the waiver, and the amount of the Federal payment under this title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H05CDA18EA95C421C9861942227A14C77"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination of chip coverage under applicable existing waivers at the end of 2009</header>
<subparagraph id="HB0F3859BD73E4D4DAF3889C832B62BBF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No funds shall be available under this title for child health assistance or other health benefits coverage that is provided to a nonpregnant childless adult under an applicable existing waiver after December 31, 2009.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB486ED80DF7B405CB144029EA527F9FC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Extension upon state request</header><text>If an applicable existing waiver described in subparagraph (A) would otherwise expire before January 1, 2010, notwithstanding the requirements of subsections (e) and (f) of section 1115, a State may submit, not later than September 30, 2009, a request to the Secretary for an extension of the waiver. The Secretary shall approve a request for an extension of an applicable existing waiver submitted pursuant to this subparagraph, but only through December 31, 2009.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H843B1E3C79BD42608FF53D2C93D2036A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Application of enhanced fmap</header><text>The enhanced FMAP determined under section 2105(b) shall apply to expenditures under an applicable existing waiver for the provision of child health assistance or other health benefits coverage to a nonpregnant childless adult during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subsection and ending on December 31, 2009.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCBE2A9FD138642099CD4CF67BFCCF51A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State option to apply for medicaid waiver to continue coverage for nonpregnant childless adults</header>
<subparagraph id="H9AB518B76277418D9045F612E61FF293"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each State for which coverage under an applicable existing waiver is terminated under paragraph (2)(A) may submit, not later than September 30, 2009, an application to the Secretary for a waiver under section 1115 of the State plan under title XIX to provide medical assistance to a nonpregnant childless adult whose coverage is so terminated (in this subsection referred to as a <quote>Medicaid nonpregnant childless adults waiver</quote>).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0412C34E0FA3408CA1C73DF39FF043DD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Deadline for approval</header><text>The Secretary shall make a decision to approve or deny an application for a Medicaid nonpregnant childless adults waiver submitted under subparagraph (A) within 90 days of the date of the submission of the application. If no decision has been made by the Secretary as of December 31, 2009, on the application of a State for a Medicaid nonpregnant childless adults waiver that was submitted to the Secretary by September 30, 2009, the application shall be deemed approved.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H32A40436EC8642F580AD38B938406322"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Standard for budget neutrality</header><text>The budget neutrality requirement applicable with respect to expenditures for medical assistance under a Medicaid nonpregnant childless adults waiver shall—</text>
<clause id="H7CB4D07CB1F5455697D279AC2E1B76CF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of fiscal year 2010, allow expenditures for medical assistance under title XIX for all such adults to not exceed the total amount of payments made to the State under paragraph (2)(B) for fiscal year 2009, increased by the percentage increase (if any) in the projected nominal per capita amount of National Health Expenditures for 2010 over 2009, as most recently published by the Secretary; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H3A0F15D109434115B20929D0B7F16DCA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of any succeeding fiscal year, allow such expenditures to not exceed the amount in effect under this subparagraph for the preceding fiscal year, increased by the percentage increase (if any) in the projected nominal per capita amount of National Health Expenditures for the calendar year that begins during the year involved over the preceding calendar year, as most recently published by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H29D1170AB6BC4314AFBF16E0F71E359F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rules and Conditions for Coverage of Parents of Targeted Low-Income Children</header>
<paragraph id="H464322DD9FEE4A21BA726176209D3A27"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Two-year period; automatic extension at state option through fiscal year 2011</header>
<subparagraph id="H3C5BCCED5D1A479F8EE6A3849FB51256"><enum>(A)</enum><header>No new chip waivers</header><text>Notwithstanding section 1115 or any other provision of this title, except as provided in this subsection—</text>
<clause id="H13D803A2C45A4080A81FD51C2F6A077D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary shall not on or after the date of the enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 approve or renew a waiver, experimental, pilot, or demonstration project that would allow funds made available under this title to be used to provide child health assistance or other health benefits coverage to a parent of a targeted low-income child; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H51B3C55EBCCA4EE994AF3607CBE8E9CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>notwithstanding the terms and conditions of an applicable existing waiver, the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply for purposes of any fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 2011, in determining the period to which the waiver applies, the individuals eligible to be covered by the waiver, and the amount of the Federal payment under this title.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFD19623C33274BFF87B1C3CDC31AFD66"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Extension upon state request</header><text>If an applicable existing waiver described in subparagraph (A) would otherwise expire before October 1, 2011, and the State requests an extension of such waiver, the Secretary shall grant such an extension, but only, subject to paragraph (2)(A), through September 30, 2011.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H206983AFE7384A23BC21330E5C07F41F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Application of enhanced fmap</header><text>The enhanced FMAP determined under section 2105(b) shall apply to expenditures under an applicable existing waiver for the provision of child health assistance or other health benefits coverage to a parent of a targeted low-income child during the third and fourth quarters of fiscal year 2009 and during fiscal years 2010 and 2011.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H79AB5059E4714D2BB3C07C36EF5052DC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rules for fiscal years 2012 through 2013</header>
<subparagraph id="H40C1A0D9E7064E7FA69634788D89E803"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Payments for coverage limited to block grant funded from state allotment</header><text>Any State that provides child health assistance or health benefits coverage under an applicable existing waiver for a parent of a targeted low-income child may elect to continue to provide such assistance or coverage through fiscal year 2012 or 2013, subject to the same terms and conditions that applied under the applicable existing waiver, unless otherwise modified in subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H999AF31B7F5F4620855460A30488BFC7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header>
<clause id="HF5F65573BD064020A1D585DE263E82F9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Block grant set aside from state allotment</header><text>If the State makes an election under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall set aside for the State for each such fiscal year an amount equal to the Federal share of 110 percent of the State’s projected expenditures under the applicable existing waiver for providing child health assistance or health benefits coverage to all parents of targeted low-income children enrolled under such waiver for the fiscal year (as certified by the State and submitted to the Secretary by not later than August 31 of the preceding fiscal year). In the case of fiscal year 2013, the set aside for any State shall be computed separately for each period described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 2104(a)(16) and any reduction in the allotment for either such period under section 2104(m)(4) shall be allocated on a pro rata basis to such set aside.</text></clause>
<clause id="H59F39FFFBBA041F5931566AC262A269E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Payments from block grant</header><text>The Secretary shall pay the State from the amount set aside under clause (i) for the fiscal year, an amount for each quarter of such fiscal year equal to the applicable percentage determined under clause (iii) or (iv) for expenditures in the quarter for providing child health assistance or other health benefits coverage to a parent of a targeted low-income child.</text></clause>
<clause id="HF7CC721329CC433497384A1C7E8D9D55"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Enhanced fmap only in fiscal year 2012 for states with significant child outreach or that achieve child coverage benchmarks; fmap for any other states</header><text>For purposes of clause (ii), the applicable percentage for any quarter of fiscal year 2012 is equal to—</text>
<subclause id="HBA855815231345AA8342ADDAFD8ADE5E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the enhanced FMAP determined under section 2105(b) in the case of a State that meets the outreach or coverage benchmarks described in any of subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (3) for fiscal year 2011; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H57ABF613C79146E5B8425E99BA9FC42E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Federal medical assistance percentage (as determined under section 1905(b) without regard to clause (4) of such section) in the case of any other State.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H19C2F0C55C94464F933621BAB9AF522F"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Amount of federal matching payment in 2013</header><text>For purposes of clause (ii), the applicable percentage for any quarter of fiscal year 2013 is equal to—</text>
<subclause id="H36C02A7F1E864679B27F41ADB6157343"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the REMAP percentage if—</text>
<item id="H125013BAB85845C39961E4486A4E7172"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the applicable percentage for the State under clause (iii) was the enhanced FMAP for fiscal year 2012; and</text></item>
<item id="H6AF55B36E3F84AD0899FF270B0A68275"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the State met either of the coverage benchmarks described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (3) for fiscal year 2012; or</text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="HDE079445BAED4AA18ABAA74C1EE2D38C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Federal medical assistance percentage (as so determined) in the case of any State to which subclause (I) does not apply.</text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">For purposes of subclause (I), the REMAP percentage is the percentage which is the sum of such Federal medical assistance percentage and a number of percentage points equal to one-half of the difference between such Federal medical assistance percentage and such enhanced FMAP.</continuation-text></clause>
<clause id="H315B9F0654E343A8B9FBC2A57E4A554E"><enum>(v)</enum><header>No federal payments other than from block grant set aside</header><text>No payments shall be made to a State for expenditures described in clause (ii) after the total amount set aside under clause (i) for a fiscal year has been paid to the State.</text></clause>
<clause id="HE0E23F55F0474B90A002A29E33BDFAAE"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>No increase in income eligibility level for parents</header><text>No payments shall be made to a State from the amount set aside under clause (i) for a fiscal year for expenditures for providing child health assistance or health benefits coverage to a parent of a targeted low-income child whose family income exceeds the income eligibility level applied under the applicable existing waiver to parents of targeted low-income children on the date of enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD90EAF3D61FB44BF9D531661EF0AF003"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Outreach or coverage benchmarks</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (2), the outreach or coverage benchmarks described in this paragraph are as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H0683C38BE561408D86EB71A461B7024F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Significant child outreach campaign</header><text>The State—</text>
<clause id="H6CBD5ED9C6584733B40A50C97E61419D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>was awarded a grant under section 2113 for fiscal year 2011;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC7EF80F27D2B476A8AFE4A25637A51EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>implemented 1 or more of the enrollment and retention provisions described in section 2105(a)(4) for such fiscal year; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H0911AA012F0144A59790DF162D1732BA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>has submitted a specific plan for outreach for such fiscal year.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8C1164C246A44EE4A58DD59D276B2653"><enum>(B)</enum><header>High-performing state</header><text>The State, on the basis of the most timely and accurate published estimates of the Bureau of the Census, ranks in the lowest <fraction>1/3</fraction> of States in terms of the State’s percentage of low-income children without health insurance.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE5601331E57B4241803C2D04341BA172"><enum>(C)</enum><header>State increasing enrollment of low-income children</header><text>The State qualified for a performance bonus payment under section 2105(a)(3)(B) for the most recent fiscal year applicable under such section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD36D7EE2D19D4875BFEF8386630D99ED"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rules of construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as prohibiting a State from submitting an application to the Secretary for a waiver under section 1115 of the State plan under title XIX to provide medical assistance to a parent of a targeted low-income child that was provided child health assistance or health benefits coverage under an applicable existing waiver.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H98AEF625F11043CC80634FE7EF197805"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicable Existing Waiver</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H806772FFFE86446C8F4D59EE793C4FE7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>applicable existing waiver</term> means a waiver, experimental, pilot, or demonstration project under section 1115, grandfathered under section 6102(c)(3) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, or otherwise conducted under authority that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H835D533214A0479E82B77266492B8D48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>would allow funds made available under this title to be used to provide child health assistance or other health benefits coverage to—</text>
<clause id="H6F65DB9D318B45A2A0E83E96F989FF06"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a parent of a targeted low-income child;</text></clause>
<clause id="HCDEFF718AF2D4113BF620FF0BCA7438F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a nonpregnant childless adult; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H56EFFA1B0E19409AB455697A1D519E8A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>individuals described in both clauses (i) and (ii); and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCF147C64AACF481BBA29C2E34BAF57EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was in effect during fiscal year 2009.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0681558C363B43A48AF83FB57AA0D1DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<subparagraph id="HCFF2317CB008431FAAEDD25009A9C583"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Parent</header><text>The term <term>parent</term> includes a caretaker relative (as such term is used in carrying out section 1931) and a legal guardian.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52B002D0586D43B18C667942A35B4DF4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nonpregnant childless adult</header><text>The term <term>nonpregnant childless adult</term> has the meaning given such term by section 2107(f).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H074B4435CCF14571BFB6B604D6D383B0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="H01C0C86EA6CB411DA7EE6E17F321FCF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 2107(f) (42 U.S.C. 1397gg(f)) is amended—</text>
<clause id="H384D0FE7356D40569602EEA0EC500A3D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking “, the Secretary” and inserting “:</text>
<quoted-block id="H711987FE139D46DB9C982C1FF857C135" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H88E16FBA005B4117B8EE7D27FA1EE33C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="HA4E162B45A5D4F8DAA3E2A5BDA5D408F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>or a parent (as defined in section 2111(c)(2)(A)), who is not pregnant, of a targeted low-income child</quote> before the period;</text></clause>
<clause id="H887BE5D3A62A46AD8B7B257055E2DD85"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking the second sentence; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HD1CF3FCB174540FCB6DB987658F7AF41"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA9820CE0C2DF4FDA807E6B21A57E33F6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3A71FA800781467CA6512DF7791D439B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary may not approve, extend, renew, or amend a waiver, experimental, pilot, or demonstration project with respect to a State after the date of enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 that would waive or modify the requirements of section 2111.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4C58B272AEBC494689B532856DBB878C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 6102(c) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–171; 120 Stat. 131) is amended by striking <quote>Nothing</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to section 2111 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>, as added by section 112 of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, nothing</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA591B5EFD56C4F5FA8A13DF81E1EFCA9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>GAO Study and Report</header>
<paragraph id="HB3F06839F8EA4A46B738C0B30C23BD5D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of whether—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE1FDD7E6372C45EEAE6C10C0C5900C61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the coverage of a parent, a caretaker relative (as such term is used in carrying out section 1931), or a legal guardian of a targeted low-income child under a State health plan under title XXI of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> increases the enrollment of, or the quality of care for, children, and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF6E9C75865684364BE90564444CFB9C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such parents, relatives, and legal guardians who enroll in such a plan are more likely to enroll their children in such a plan or in a State plan under title XIX of such Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC82A4867CB444A028DAAE2800035E75D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall report the results of the study to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, including recommendations (if any) for changes in legislation.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H22E2107C248E49FCA812EF163076D5E4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>113.</enum><header>Elimination of counting Medicaid child presumptive eligibility costs against title <enum-in-header>XXI</enum-in-header> allotment</header>
<subsection id="H7B848872F2A547E2B46439FB2DDEC510"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2105(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(a)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF67997F11FDA492AB28E190F1CD789DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>(or, in the case of expenditures described in subparagraph (B), the Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in the first sentence of section 1905(b)))</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H493996435A4E40CDBFE2FD857A95480C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFF8DA3572FC94485B75C529A606F1822" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H59F474E66F9E40C4AF2483A1E2136538"><enum>(B)</enum><text>[reserved]</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF5F6518665BC463DA15F09F09D7DCA7A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendments to medicaid</header>
<paragraph id="H324E24000F664172BE5655E6D35BC376"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligibility of a newborn</header><text>Section 1902(e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(4)) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>so long as the child is a member of the woman’s household and the woman remains (or would remain if pregnant) eligible for such assistance</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC5DA9E6282A24F2980CE0564D0B43C04"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application of qualified entities to presumptive eligibility for pregnant women under medicaid</header><text>Section 1920(b) (42 U.S.C. 1396r–1(b)) is amended by adding after paragraph (2) the following flush sentence:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA26A9CEE0CA45E6B2FD61BD6BADC50D" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subsection">The term <term>qualified provider</term> also includes a qualified entity, as defined in section 1920A(b)(3).</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H335B04DCFE34409E9489AB64D1CAB7AE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>114.</enum><header>Limitation on matching rate for States that propose to cover children with effective family income that exceeds 300 percent of the poverty line</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1D53F37E5EEF4351870FF7191C876F1A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>FMAP Applied to Expenditures</header><text>Section 2105(c) (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0966693E70484CABA1E1378ED074608B" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA845F58C0B8146B5BE74BF02D0FFC14A"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Limitation on matching rate for expenditures for child health assistance provided to children whose effective family income exceeds 300 percent of the poverty line</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7E16FA1D218D44F586575C711A61A007"><enum>(A)</enum><header>FMAP applied to expenditures</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2009, the Federal medical assistance percentage (as determined under section 1905(b) without regard to clause (4) of such section) shall be substituted for the enhanced FMAP under subsection (a)(1) with respect to any expenditures for providing child health assistance or health benefits coverage for a targeted low-income child whose effective family income would exceed 300 percent of the poverty line but for the application of a general exclusion of a block of income that is not determined by type of expense or type of income.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFAEED11639D44B8295A43A979C8D30F8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any State that, on the date of enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, has an approved State plan amendment or waiver to provide, or has enacted a State law to submit a State plan amendment to provide, expenditures described in such subparagraph under the State child health plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB985488A084C46A5827E862760DC422B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in the amendments made by this section shall be construed as—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEA8492517B684D02B4F80DF2EE3DB249"><enum>(1)</enum><text>changing any income eligibility level for children under title XXI of the Social Security Act; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H100B6B757B1C450DB0A39988091A4B7F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>changing the flexibility provided States under such title to establish the income eligibility level for targeted low-income children under a State child health plan and the methodologies used by the State to determine income or assets under such plan.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HB58D97B5C654418A86ABEAD05645B275"><enum>115.</enum><header>State authority under Medicaid</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the fourth sentence of subsection (b) of section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) or subsection (u) of such section, at State option, the Secretary shall provide the State with the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for Medicaid with respect to expenditures described in section 1905(u)(2)(A) of such Act or otherwise made to provide medical assistance under Medicaid to a child who could be covered by the State under CHIP.</text></section></subtitle>
<enum>II</enum><header>Outreach and Enrollment</header>
<subtitle id="H96B23E4F5E52424CAE981F19DA7BAD04"><enum>A</enum><header>Outreach and Enrollment Activities</header>
<section id="H97944DBD113F45888D344E2C38D7F5E6"><enum>201.</enum><header>Grants and enhanced administrative funding for outreach and enrollment</header>
<subsection id="H518C1CC4197445B58DEBD716E24634DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Title XXI (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.), as amended by section 111, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC88171F9710248F3A0279D3EC5EC631A" style="OLC">
<section id="H2314A123721C4C92899E99F977D2B7EF"><enum>2113.</enum><header>Grants to improve outreach and enrollment</header>
<subsection id="HF2B08768EF424F9E87A36799A9791BB4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Outreach and Enrollment Grants; National Campaign</header>
<paragraph id="H66E3A4CBD0BA42A182BA6DBFC4FFA6CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From the amounts appropriated under subsection (g), subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities during the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to conduct outreach and enrollment efforts that are designed to increase the enrollment and participation of eligible children under this title and title XIX.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1A2CE4136BBF4FE99D8D9E6B2C17BD0A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ten percent set aside for national enrollment campaign</header><text>An amount equal to 10 percent of such amounts shall be used by the Secretary for expenditures during such period to carry out a national enrollment campaign in accordance with subsection (h).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H075D96EF91124572A3F6DFAB33410225"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority for Award of Grants</header>
<paragraph id="H43CAE31B3AD149FD9118D2252E26FE64"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2751D2B9DA574AF683CBEDAAEE79FF0C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>propose to target geographic areas with high rates of—</text>
<clause id="H4FCEC46B5C8F4D1D91FF1E7D7D9CE79D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>eligible but unenrolled children, including such children who reside in rural areas; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HEEF4B32B26844C6BB21DA71659F32B56"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>racial and ethnic minorities and health disparity populations, including those proposals that address cultural and linguistic barriers to enrollment; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H46541030B9674508A57D54E8A48B6B91"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit the most demonstrable evidence required under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBB50E59320C24F139ADA78E7A7749F01"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ten percent set aside for outreach to indian children</header><text>An amount equal to 10 percent of the funds appropriated under subsection (g) shall be used by the Secretary to award grants to Indian Health Service providers and urban Indian organizations receiving funds under title V of the <act-name parsable-cite="IHCIA">Indian Health Care Improvement Act</act-name> (25 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.) for outreach to, and enrollment of, children who are Indians.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDEFC92339C65403BB43E103AC7829B51"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An eligible entity that desires to receive a grant under subsection (a) shall submit an application to the Secretary in such form and manner, and containing such information, as the Secretary may decide. Such application shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H60CF800B8AEB43FFBCF45FB3A74A46AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>evidence demonstrating that the entity includes members who have access to, and credibility with, ethnic or low-income populations in the communities in which activities funded under the grant are to be conducted;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H58A9CAB5B79F4FD5852CD10096872596"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evidence demonstrating that the entity has the ability to address barriers to enrollment, such as lack of awareness of eligibility, stigma concerns and punitive fears associated with receipt of benefits, and other cultural barriers to applying for and receiving child health assistance or medical assistance;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF55B2E65957F4FA88B2C1F1A896C6BD2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>specific quality or outcomes performance measures to evaluate the effectiveness of activities funded by a grant awarded under this section; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H80FDE08F03BE47EB95E01C75DE4C99A2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assurance that the eligible entity shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA61ED1BD60AB4A7EA0E33EE329D689ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct an assessment of the effectiveness of such activities against the performance measures;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE821BFEADE7B4330BEADB7D535A1DB0F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>cooperate with the collection and reporting of enrollment data and other information in order for the Secretary to conduct such assessments; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3D2D365132104A679810CC55D78B7467"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of an eligible entity that is not the State, provide the State with enrollment data and other information as necessary for the State to make necessary projections of eligible children and pregnant women.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC5F741B682274C029FCCA4F178614A60"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Dissemination of Enrollment Data and Information Determined From Effectiveness Assessments; Annual Report</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC18C9FF824224AA7BC91E4ADCC8A984B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>make publicly available the enrollment data and information collected and reported in accordance with subsection (c)(4)(B); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7F5DC17EDBCF4CFFBC5E0B0333A2B2C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit an annual report to Congress on the outreach and enrollment activities conducted with funds appropriated under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC858A81D86DC4D99874C0D7FA76FF557"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Maintenance of Effort for States Awarded Grants; No Match Required for any eligible entity awarded a grant</header>
<paragraph id="HF636E56F0C5242CCB998C928D8E5B3B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State maintenance of effort</header><text>In the case of a State that is awarded a grant under this section, the State share of funds expended for outreach and enrollment activities under the State child health plan shall not be less than the State share of such funds expended in the fiscal year preceding the first fiscal year for which the grant is awarded.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H21D645E88F364C21B51B304031D3F3D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No matching requirement</header><text>No eligible entity awarded a grant under subsection (a) shall be required to provide any matching funds as a condition for receiving the grant.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2B6DEDED67C047A9B40CC556D32A8E2F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HC7FE4A177B1A4B56933E8DDBA557CD72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means any of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H5E88AC5A85E741E7B947570C408B2E0E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A State with an approved child health plan under this title.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H21CCDA6724DC43C0AEC6B693059BC5FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A local government.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9C7F2E52BC30453397D65D214913C1DE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An Indian tribe or tribal consortium, a tribal organization, an urban Indian organization receiving funds under title V of the <act-name parsable-cite="IHCIA">Indian Health Care Improvement Act</act-name> (25 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), or an Indian Health Service provider.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H96DAC835B90A4C39B3BAEEA66DCA3471"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A Federal health safety net organization.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H84C33E7BD6E744CD916262E5A6024FC5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A national, State, local, or community-based public or nonprofit private organization, including organizations that use community health workers or community-based doula programs.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2284CCE44F1945DC8C9D0C7A212CB375"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A faith-based organization or consortia, to the extent that a grant awarded to such an entity is consistent with the requirements of section 1955 of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 300x–65) relating to a grant award to nongovernmental entities.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H27C368CE0D464FC4A6E0FEDE218670E4"><enum>(G)</enum><text>An elementary or secondary school.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B8C3EFAC8C24C9B9706C67735AF4515"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal health safety net organization</header><text>The term <term>Federal health safety net organization</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8E409A8CE87F458A917E8E0FA12E606E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a Federally-qualified health center (as defined in section 1905(l)(2)(B));</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE1A448300333473BAFCF3C3C4F9C9F38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a hospital defined as a disproportionate share hospital for purposes of section 1923;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAE76ED2934C44F059F05675A83AB5250"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a covered entity described in section 340B(a)(4) of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 256b(a)(4)); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H566C2BD591F7422587904C1555571C50"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other entity or consortium that serves children under a federally funded program, including the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) established under section 17 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CNA66">Child Nutrition Act of 1966</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 1786), the Head Start and Early Head Start programs under the <act-name parsable-cite="HSA">Head Start Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq.), the school lunch program established under the Richard B. Russell <act-name parsable-cite="NSLA">National School Lunch Act</act-name>, and an elementary or secondary school.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE457AFE98F8A415EB7C1BCEF29985520"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indians; indian tribe; tribal organization; urban indian organization</header><text>The terms <term>Indian</term>, <term>Indian tribe</term>, <term>tribal organization</term>, and <term>urban Indian organization</term> have the meanings given such terms in section 4 of the <act-name parsable-cite="IHCIA">Indian Health Care Improvement Act</act-name> (25 U.S.C. 1603).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8CD818E6ED1042CB990BCE413353497F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Community health worker</header><text>The term <term>community health worker</term> means an individual who promotes health or nutrition within the community in which the individual resides—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDF332FAF1B30439D90D33FF60E88A9B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by serving as a liaison between communities and health care agencies;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE16AE22C5F5548829B739245EF0B796C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by providing guidance and social assistance to community residents;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDC08991C0FF64784B115AE1C815E04AA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by enhancing community residents’ ability to effectively communicate with health care providers;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC6C93CA7441E4A8AB14419521727DDBD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by providing culturally and linguistically appropriate health or nutrition education;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD9B608EF4E994ABFBA92D7C84A28F762"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by advocating for individual and community health or nutrition needs; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H127351A00F1D497880CDEA73F7064877"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by providing referral and followup services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H309A5B88891C4BD9B262B0F3C2697080"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Appropriation</header><text>There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013, for the purpose of awarding grants under this section. Amounts appropriated and paid under the authority of this section shall be in addition to amounts appropriated under section 2104 and paid to States in accordance with section 2105, including with respect to expenditures for outreach activities in accordance with subsections (a)(1)(D)(iii) and (c)(2)(C) of that section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H97A33E3320E440F597AAA8A8E2D01538"><enum>(h)</enum><header>National Enrollment Campaign</header><text>From the amounts made available under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall develop and implement a national enrollment campaign to improve the enrollment of underserved child populations in the programs established under this title and title XIX. Such campaign may include—</text>
<paragraph id="H9DA39CEE16CA4107B9680B9B515C3A8D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the establishment of partnerships with the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop national campaigns to link the eligibility and enrollment systems for the assistance programs each Secretary administers that often serve the same children;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA933EB92B83A4ED897CC91A1373265E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the integration of information about the programs established under this title and title XIX in public health awareness campaigns administered by the Secretary;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H010596B246564B13B84AFB86E60DC36A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>increased financial and technical support for enrollment hotlines maintained by the Secretary to ensure that all States participate in such hotlines;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB665B54EB96444648596F832E933ABFE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the establishment of joint public awareness outreach initiatives with the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Labor regarding the importance of health insurance to building strong communities and the economy;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8E95E4AB6CCF4C4B838D246A48A0139F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the development of special outreach materials for Native Americans or for individuals with limited English proficiency; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD304C536AE68432CA2115B1F1F1FA326"><enum>(6)</enum><text>such other outreach initiatives as the Secretary determines would increase public awareness of the programs under this title and title XIX.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H216B46AA51E34328889A4477489DD832"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enhanced Administrative Funding for Translation or Interpretation Services Under CHIP and Medicaid</header>
<paragraph id="H5497FDCC658B4015868F2A254967BDE0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>CHIP</header><text>Section 2105(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(a)(1)), as amended by section 113, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4109E2881F114EAABD89809C099F2F9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>(or, in the case of expenditures described in subparagraph (D)(iv), the higher of 75 percent or the sum of the enhanced FMAP plus 5 percentage points)</quote> after <quote>enhanced FMAP</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC93EAF7CAD5C4D8F9F269602E6B6D0AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text>
<clause id="H68805A214CAA49488A495995FDE4E467"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC779477ABFB44931B08B1B0382DA8155"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HD0EECA512EA146689121D2B9B71F2929"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB8D6F04D350146E7A2812E0D202505B0" style="OLC">
<clause id="HE910A6492F5A44E48D5F1F753F356208"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>for translation or interpretation services in connection with the enrollment of, retention of, and use of services under this title by, individuals for whom English is not their primary language (as found necessary by the Secretary for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan); and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59019A4DF2B747A9BFA2868A379CC9BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Medicaid</header>
<subparagraph id="HB72B58EA6A094438ACDE04A0E0726549"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Use of medicaid funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1903(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3768F39FA3E2453BB4E5A49C1638107D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H15075C9D1A3B439888620311A02F3192" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an amount equal to 75 percent of so much of the sums expended during such quarter (as found necessary by the Secretary for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan) as are attributable to translation or interpretation services in connection with the enrollment of, retention of, and use of services under this title by, children of families for whom English is not the primary language; plus</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H04C398572CA34261809A94B76F44815C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of community health workers for outreach activities</header>
<clause commented="no" id="HFC4A94EC72D9411A91A138C5F1E5FD1C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 2102(c)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397bb(c)(1)) is amended by inserting <quote>(through community health workers and others)</quote> after <quote>Outreach</quote>.</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H56D409169DBD457FB6DEFD8520B0DC4F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>In Federal evaluation</header><text>Section 2108(c)(3)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397hh(c)(3)(B)) is amended by inserting <quote>(such as through community health workers and others)</quote> after <quote>including practices</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E0A92E9296543048AAC97DAA18D05EE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Increased outreach and enrollment of Indians</header>
<subsection id="HF8DAD6C32E5D47FEB98732419537330E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Section 1139 (42 U.S.C. 1320b–9) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4D8D87BC6CAD4CFCA7141E8E62CFCE9E" style="OLC">
<section id="HF7BA1F407F464CECA3E9863032E50533"><enum>1139.</enum><header>Improved access to, and delivery of, health care for Indians under titles XIX and XXI</header>
<subsection id="H5BDE7525139241A38ECA2EAC5C728256"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agreements With States for Medicaid and CHIP Outreach On or Near Reservations To Increase the Enrollment of Indians in Those Programs</header>
<paragraph id="H89CEFA49523D411BB2CFCC86F941E43F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In order to improve the access of Indians residing on or near a reservation to obtain benefits under the Medicaid and State children’s health insurance programs established under titles XIX and XXI, the Secretary shall encourage the State to take steps to provide for enrollment on or near the reservation. Such steps may include outreach efforts such as the outstationing of eligibility workers, entering into agreements with the Indian Health Service, Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Urban Indian Organizations to provide outreach, education regarding eligibility and benefits, enrollment, and translation services when such services are appropriate.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F0D7D8046C74A79A6F38BDD0D247A09"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed as affecting arrangements entered into between States and the Indian Health Service, Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, or Urban Indian Organizations for such Service, Tribes, or Organizations to conduct administrative activities under such titles.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4A34B4AFD4F7400FAC90C5A50DE0E583"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement To Facilitate Cooperation</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall take such steps as are necessary to facilitate cooperation with, and agreements between, States and the Indian Health Service, Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, or Urban Indian Organizations with respect to the provision of health care items and services to Indians under the programs established under title XIX or XXI.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H9F251C47DAC841F89EA0EBB0D5CC475C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of Indian; Indian Tribe; Indian Health Program; Tribal Organization; Urban Indian Organization</header><text>In this section, the terms <term>Indian</term>, <term>Indian Tribe</term>, <term>Indian Health Program</term>, <term>Tribal Organization</term>, and <term>Urban Indian Organization</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 4 of the <act-name parsable-cite="IHCIA">Indian Health Care Improvement Act</act-name>.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H8D5D6C7A91DE4136B27BE2B60F9F6736"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Nonapplication of 10 Percent Limit on Outreach and Certain Other Expenditures</header><text>Section 2105(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HACE2FE3E2B27452FAF786A3914E904DC" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H14F974022625409999A0B12FACFB0CAF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Nonapplication to certain expenditures</header><text>The limitation under subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to the following expenditures:</text>
<clause id="HBD1CDB75D38042248326BBBEE7F453F8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Expenditures to increase outreach to, and the enrollment of, indian children under this title and title <enum-in-header>XIX</enum-in-header></header><text>Expenditures for outreach activities to families of Indian children likely to be eligible for child health assistance under the plan or medical assistance under the State plan under title XIX (or under a waiver of such plan), to inform such families of the availability of, and to assist them in enrolling their children in, such plans, including such activities conducted under grants, contracts, or agreements entered into under section 1139(a).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23B13840F7204B1EAD50BA8FE1D5F819" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>State option to rely on findings from an Express Lane agency to conduct simplified eligibility determinations</header>
<subsection id="HA15AC56226B2408396C2DB2C9B3BE225"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application under Medicaid and CHIP programs</header>
<paragraph id="H6E1EF54700684683AFA7067FF5713B52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Medicaid</header><text>Section 1902(e) (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social" id="HB116E0E2EF0444C092145F63E06864CC" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="H242FA49DFA7445EF849B68CD50DCF659" indent="up1"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Express lane option</header>
<subparagraph id="HA91E123A4D9A42F8ACFFA07811CF77E0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header>
<clause id="HF3C34106079F4A31B1D0DCB26555DD43"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Option to use a finding from an express lane agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the option of the State, the State plan may provide that in determining eligibility under this title for a child (as defined in subparagraph (G)), the State may rely on a finding made within a reasonable period (as determined by the State) from an Express Lane agency (as defined in subparagraph (F)) when it determines whether a child satisfies one or more components of eligibility for medical assistance under this title. The State may rely on a finding from an Express Lane agency notwithstanding sections 1902(a)(46)(B) and 1137(d) or any differences in budget unit, disregard, deeming or other methodology, if the following requirements are met:</text>
<subclause id="HAC81F68B04084844B6541C6761D47F29"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Prohibition on determining children ineligible for coverage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a finding from an Express Lane agency would result in a determination that a child does not satisfy an eligibility requirement for medical assistance under this title and for child health assistance under title XXI, the State shall determine eligibility for assistance using its regular procedures.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8A261AE6D9FD4340A1E54144B40196BF"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Notice requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any child who is found eligible for medical assistance under the State plan under this title or child health assistance under title XXI and who is subject to premiums based on an Express Lane agency’s finding of such child’s income level, the State shall provide notice that the child may qualify for lower premium payments if evaluated by the State using its regular policies and of the procedures for requesting such an evaluation.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HF75D177465F746AE92F24BBA47771BB8"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Compliance with screen and enroll requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State shall satisfy the requirements under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 2102(b)(3) (relating to screen and enroll) before enrolling a child in child health assistance under title XXI. At its option, the State may fulfill such requirements in accordance with either option provided under subparagraph (C) of this paragraph.</text></subclause>
<subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H39068095F73D414787514F43BCA18403"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Verification of citizenship or nationality status</header><text>The State shall satisfy the requirements of section 1902(a)(46)(B) or 2105(c)(9), as applicable for verifications of citizenship or nationality status.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H774E8C4CC04E438CB290D0A3D8D807F9"><enum>(V)</enum><header>Coding</header><text>The State meets the requirements of subparagraph (E).</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HD5A04195EF6147D5A1FF4AF398D1B19D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Option to apply to renewals and redeterminations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State may apply the provisions of this paragraph when conducting initial determinations of eligibility, redeterminations of eligibility, or both, as described in the State plan.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5BDB2E5F85EA49D6B7B5379C5A68CFFF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rules of construction</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed—</text>
<clause id="HA7CA667929E24F669E9AC44F0B250157"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to limit or prohibit a State from taking any actions otherwise permitted under this title or title XXI in determining eligibility for or enrolling children into medical assistance under this title or child health assistance under title XXI; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H62B3E4A5999D481492FFB18E29712A49"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to modify the limitations in section 1902(a)(5) concerning the agencies that may make a determination of eligibility for medical assistance under this title.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H16A3D354D9FD455F9EDFEFBF1726F778"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Options for satisfying the screen and enroll requirement</header>
<clause id="H0924735706074D48A654FFA39F31087B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>With respect to a child whose eligibility for medical assistance under this title or for child health assistance under title XXI has been evaluated by a State agency using an income finding from an Express Lane agency, a State may carry out its duties under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 2102(b)(3) (relating to screen and enroll) in accordance with either clause (ii) or clause (iii).</text></clause>
<clause id="HDA6133D6627B425EA36D32A887AEF083"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Establishing a screening threshold</header>
<subclause id="HFFD97549B58E405AACF764052C34D94C"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Under this clause, the State establishes a screening threshold set as a percentage of the Federal poverty level that exceeds the highest income threshold applicable under this title to the child by a minimum of 30 percentage points or, at State option, a higher number of percentage points that reflects the value (as determined by the State and described in the State plan) of any differences between income methodologies used by the program administered by the Express Lane agency and the methodologies used by the State in determining eligibility for medical assistance under this title.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H14602FF456D347089FD15E27A913316F"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Children with income not above threshold</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the income of a child does not exceed the screening threshold, the child is deemed to satisfy the income eligibility criteria for medical assistance under this title regardless of whether such child would otherwise satisfy such criteria.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H0FAF94599B664153AF5C2DA56F59CED5"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Children with income above threshold</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the income of a child exceeds the screening threshold, the child shall be considered to have an income above the Medicaid applicable income level described in section 2110(b)(4) and to satisfy the requirement under section 2110(b)(1)(C) (relating to the requirement that CHIP matching funds be used only for children not eligible for Medicaid). If such a child is enrolled in child health assistance under title XXI, the State shall provide the parent, guardian, or custodial relative with the following:</text>
<item id="H79D139CC15514A1D85BC4CA5156D6E9E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice that the child may be eligible to receive medical assistance under the State plan under this title if evaluated for such assistance under the State’s regular procedures and notice of the process through which a parent, guardian, or custodial relative can request that the State evaluate the child’s eligibility for medical assistance under this title using such regular procedures.</text></item>
<item id="H8F9DA5E12A00489D9D7C15A2B7973532"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of differences between the medical assistance provided under this title and child health assistance under title XXI, including differences in cost-sharing requirements and covered benefits.</text></item></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H1DB47A9F021C4929AF8C89FABE67E89A"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Temporary enrollment in CHIP pending screen and enroll</header>
<subclause id="H785E9859D5844ED094ED1D858904B288"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under this clause, a State enrolls a child in child health assistance under title XXI for a temporary period if the child appears eligible for such assistance based on an income finding by an Express Lane agency.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H783CD0E487CD4D6F8BAF2D09DDF700A9"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Determination of eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During such temporary enrollment period, the State shall determine the child’s eligibility for child health assistance under title XXI or for medical assistance under this title in accordance with this clause.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H302CF4E838294094A13D14C0CAB1BC0C"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Prompt follow up</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making such a determination, the State shall take prompt action to determine whether the child should be enrolled in medical assistance under this title or child health assistance under title XXI pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 2102(b)(3) (relating to screen and enroll).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H0DD9AA1328E74DA48B2434E8A6A48970"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Requirement for simplified determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making such a determination, the State shall use procedures that, to the maximum feasible extent, reduce the burden imposed on the individual of such determination. Such procedures may not require the child’s parent, guardian, or custodial relative to provide or verify information that already has been provided to the State agency by an Express Lane agency or another source of information unless the State agency has reason to believe the information is erroneous.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H21E516C4DBEB4F748B8A87BA4C223B6D"><enum>(V)</enum><header>Availability of CHIP matching funds during temporary enrollment period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Medical assistance for items and services that are provided to a child enrolled in title XXI during a temporary enrollment period under this clause shall be treated as child health assistance under such title.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA0AA42B4BC4A4185964471FD9B37AFCA"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Option for automatic enrollment</header>
<clause commented="no" id="HDA047E77D01840CA85428C86D0E5ECDA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The State may initiate and determine eligibility for medical assistance under the State Medicaid plan or for child health assistance under the State CHIP plan without a program application from, or on behalf of, the child based on data obtained from sources other than the child (or the child’s family), but a child can only be automatically enrolled in the State Medicaid plan or the State CHIP plan if the child or the family affirmatively consents to being enrolled through affirmation in writing, by telephone, orally, through electronic signature, or through any other means specified by the Secretary or by signature on an Express Lane agency application, if the requirement of clause (ii) is met.</text></clause>
<clause id="H93EDBEE9CB6449A4BE67D107307461A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Information requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirement of this clause is that the State informs the parent, guardian, or custodial relative of the child of the services that will be covered, appropriate methods for using such services, premium or other cost sharing charges (if any) that apply, medical support obligations (under section 1912(a)) created by enrollment (if applicable), and the actions the parent, guardian, or relative must take to maintain enrollment and renew coverage.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC06AEB41C68D49C1BDDC89D1678FA561"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Coding; application to enrollment error rates</header>
<clause id="H65DC061E8B6748338C3AE2F0B39FE9FA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(iv), the requirement of this subparagraph for a State is that the State agrees to—</text>
<subclause id="H2847CC89B8CC4363B18CB5F2CC4139E4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>assign such codes as the Secretary shall require to the children who are enrolled in the State Medicaid plan or the State CHIP plan through reliance on a finding made by an Express Lane agency for the duration of the State’s election under this paragraph;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HB6CC2116CC7145B686C5AAE32D9706B3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>annually provide the Secretary with a statistically valid sample (that is approved by Secretary) of the children enrolled in such plans through reliance on such a finding by conducting a full Medicaid eligibility review of the children identified for such sample for purposes of determining an eligibility error rate (as described in clause (iv)) with respect to the enrollment of such children (and shall not include such children in any data or samples used for purposes of complying with a Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control (MEQC) review or a payment error rate measurement (PERM) requirement);</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HE89036DC185343E5BE9584E66A1C6C16"><enum>(III)</enum><text>submit the error rate determined under subclause (II) to the Secretary;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HEE77F58120A14EFF90868A406D3F3070"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>if such error rate exceeds 3 percent for either of the first 2 fiscal years in which the State elects to apply this paragraph, demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary the specific corrective actions implemented by the State to improve upon such error rate; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H1EA950B02677418897F56317FEE78FF6"><enum>(V)</enum><text>if such error rate exceeds 3 percent for any fiscal year in which the State elects to apply this paragraph, a reduction in the amount otherwise payable to the State under section 1903(a) for quarters for that fiscal year, equal to the total amount of erroneous excess payments determined for the fiscal year only with respect to the children included in the sample for the fiscal year that are in excess of a 3 percent error rate with respect to such children.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H7C6483DE7DAA452F95BB2BFFF5F40B16"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>No punitive action based on error rate</header><text>The Secretary shall not apply the error rate derived from the sample under clause (i) to the entire population of children enrolled in the State Medicaid plan or the State CHIP plan through reliance on a finding made by an Express Lane agency, or to the population of children enrolled in such plans on the basis of the State’s regular procedures for determining eligibility, or penalize the State on the basis of such error rate in any manner other than the reduction of payments provided for under clause (i)(V).</text></clause>
<clause id="H41223AB3B689439AA1305AF1FA1FA4F6"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as relieving a State that elects to apply this paragraph from being subject to a penalty under section 1903(u), for payments made under the State Medicaid plan with respect to ineligible individuals and families that are determined to exceed the error rate permitted under that section (as determined without regard to the error rate determined under clause (i)(II)).</text></clause>
<clause id="H19C6B85B33B5480285D5B2E7873D471F"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Error rate defined</header><text>In this subparagraph, the term <term>error rate</term> means the rate of erroneous excess payments for medical assistance (as defined in section 1903(u)(1)(D)) for the period involved, except that such payments shall be limited to individuals for which eligibility determinations are made under this paragraph and except that in applying this paragraph under title XXI, there shall be substituted for references to provisions of this title corresponding provisions within title XXI.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC796B48F7D0643FCB3CD11856059F46B"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Express lane agency</header>
<clause id="H62FF76AFFEFF46CC9EB94B2FE6EC6D42"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <quote>Express Lane agency</quote> means a public agency that—</text>
<subclause id="H435BBE898B594DEF98B0248142C9BD7D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is determined by the State Medicaid agency or the State CHIP agency (as applicable) to be capable of making the determinations of one or more eligibility requirements described in subparagraph (A)(i);</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HD061D25EFE684A9CAE31BA1F53C2CCB4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is identified in the State Medicaid plan or the State CHIP plan; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H07C31013BD7D4AFB92792340787527A4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>notifies the child’s family—</text>
<item id="HE975B37DBD1D45F0BD66DD2C62F54B42"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>of the information which shall be disclosed in accordance with this paragraph;</text></item>
<item id="H6907912B448C4D49A085BAB0DE5B3591"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>that the information disclosed will be used solely for purposes of determining eligibility for medical assistance under the State Medicaid plan or for child health assistance under the State CHIP plan; and</text></item>
<item id="H413C13E33A3C470482D11A3991282BF6"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>that the family may elect to not have the information disclosed for such purposes; and</text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="H6C29EA34DD7B45F39775CB43801F8C29"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>enters into, or is subject to, an interagency agreement to limit the disclosure and use of the information disclosed.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HA73694B3089F4778B4EC37EEEDAED728"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Inclusion of specific public agencies</header><text>Such term includes the following:</text>
<subclause id="H8A52872D2176416584253E4A266F7661"><enum>(I)</enum><text>A public agency that determines eligibility for assistance under any of the following:</text>
<item id="HE52ACA853F57436299CD903BD1F927CB"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>The temporary assistance for needy families program funded under part A of title IV.</text></item>
<item id="H985CAAC4A12441E8A33C1D120FBCBEFA"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>A State program funded under part D of title IV.</text></item>
<item id="H6244C64440AE4D169D0B9DC735E6D714"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>The State Medicaid plan.</text></item>
<item id="HA5F1343C8E02437A9E3B14003394BE4F"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>The State CHIP plan.</text></item>
<item id="H939D98D7F54D4B83A60373EEAA001153"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).</text></item>
<item id="H2DD77A58009E4605B554B3A3739D4967"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>The Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq.).</text></item>
<item id="H85B2FB0A437E445AA723EF82921BAA60"><enum>(gg)</enum><text>The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).</text></item>
<item id="HBFD5E01D5F0B43979647CE5E23E1397D"><enum>(hh)</enum><text>The Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).</text></item>
<item id="H8204C99F3CFE4E0183163998C5C94EAD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.).</text></item>
<item id="H92F1302D560F4921848E026F520CF044"><enum>(jj)</enum><text>The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.).</text></item>
<item id="HD1B9C0B585D742948F1DF244CDD443FF"><enum>(kk)</enum><text>The United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.).</text></item>
<item id="HA2AFA4D2CD3E400DA755C63089B59F2E"><enum>(ll)</enum><text>The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.).</text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="HF16EE8D282634027BE39D55A348F0DE7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>A State-specified governmental agency that has fiscal liability or legal responsibility for the accuracy of the eligibility determination findings relied on by the State.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H92D3E78D0EAE43CB936748E2831BCAFE"><enum>(III)</enum><text>A public agency that is subject to an interagency agreement limiting the disclosure and use of the information disclosed for purposes of determining eligibility under the State Medicaid plan or the State CHIP plan.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H212DABFBD4F443A5B288579D73AD8A87"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>Such term does not include an agency that determines eligibility for a program established under the Social Services Block Grant established under title XX or a private, for-profit organization.</text></clause>
<clause id="H31EEDCC6FEB1418AAB591D89BE155BB5"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Rules of construction</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as—</text>
<subclause id="HAAC65235EB794B0EA48002896586F841"><enum>(I)</enum><text>exempting a State Medicaid agency from complying with the requirements of section 1902(a)(4) relating to merit-based personnel standards for employees of the State Medicaid agency and safeguards against conflicts of interest); or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H25B73787693A427D92B61C1A3A122F5B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>authorizing a State Medicaid agency that elects to use Express Lane agencies under this subparagraph to use the Express Lane option to avoid complying with such requirements for purposes of making eligibility determinations under the State Medicaid plan.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HE7451D8570B84DD092BDA74F22E5524F"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Additional definitions</header><text>In this paragraph:</text>
<subclause id="H4BD9E2CC191549A1B6B04324C61069C4"><enum>(I)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means 1 of the 50 States or the District of Columbia.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HB6A2BC6E28204F3D8524156250C84923"><enum>(II)</enum><header>State chip agency</header><text>The term <term>State CHIP agency</term> means the State agency responsible for administering the State CHIP plan.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HBE6A0AB267B741E3AC3C72D34EBE9380"><enum>(III)</enum><header>State chip plan</header><text>The term <term>State CHIP plan</term> means the State child health plan established under title XXI and includes any waiver of such plan.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H5C1E123E60C1442890C281D52A79A862"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>State medicaid agency</header><text>The term <term>State Medicaid agency</term> means the State agency responsible for administering the State Medicaid plan.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H7901FAF0855D4781833EE39DEED5F0DD"><enum>(V)</enum><header>State medicaid plan</header><text>The term <term>State Medicaid plan</term> means the State plan established under title XIX and includes any waiver of such plan.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H55A4FF48EDED4D45B9ED1C56A4922A9C"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Child defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>child</term> means an individual under 19 years of age, or, at the option of a State, such higher age, not to exceed 21 years of age, as the State may elect.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4675B61881B94AC6B4C24A5925D17A1D"><enum>(H)</enum><header>State option to rely on State income tax data or return</header><text>At the option of the State, a finding from an Express Lane agency may include gross income or adjusted gross income shown by State income tax records or returns.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H28E3413987154189AE5DBDFC4E05CE22"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This paragraph shall not apply with respect to eligibility determinations made after September 30, 2013.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCC6D544C92344C47B02E8560F9616F0C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>CHIP</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2107(e)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)) is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively, and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H6E6AB92B9ABF46DB90F31112FBE16FC8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1902(e)(13) (relating to the State option to rely on findings from an Express Lane agency to help evaluate a child’s eligibility for medical assistance).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE8DE750653C4E8AA9FF8B3F59A082CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Evaluation and Report</header>
<paragraph id="H77228F6AC3E2448E8873ED2956710E64"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct, by grant, contract, or interagency agreement, a comprehensive, independent evaluation of the option provided under the amendments made by subsection (a). Such evaluation shall include an analysis of the effectiveness of the option, and shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4E23AC17EFFF4BA4AEB13592B4F7D917"><enum>(A)</enum><text>obtaining a statistically valid sample of the children who were enrolled in the State Medicaid plan or the State CHIP plan through reliance on a finding made by an Express Lane agency and determining the percentage of children who were erroneously enrolled in such plans;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H023B791A83AF4DBAA3BCD00531C04E46"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determining whether enrolling children in such plans through reliance on a finding made by an Express Lane agency improves the ability of a State to identify and enroll low-income, uninsured children who are eligible but not enrolled in such plans;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEF13FAA7311E40DEBE96CDCD2619FD51"><enum>(C)</enum><text>evaluating the administrative costs or savings related to identifying and enrolling children in such plans through reliance on such findings, and the extent to which such costs differ from the costs that the State otherwise would have incurred to identify and enroll low-income, uninsured children who are eligible but not enrolled in such plans; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE50C26DD91514563A5B2E20A00139CD2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any recommendations for legislative or administrative changes that would improve the effectiveness of enrolling children in such plans through reliance on such findings.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H880B2314A0524DE69B2AC32229FD49A2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2012, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the results of the evaluation under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA724D2BD5ECB43679E2DE129A3E011CC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<subparagraph id="HA20EC7E947B248A6ABBF2F36B1C7A167"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the evaluation under this subsection $5,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2012.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA1E77B7DD1AB4D9FB0A699A6A1054640"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Budget authority</header><text>Subparagraph (A) constitutes budget authority in advance of appropriations Act and represents the obligation of the Federal Government to provide for the payment of such amount to conduct the evaluation under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H70DC92DF334047C8B40E637DC3698809"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Electronic transmission of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1902 (42 U.S.C. 1396a) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HD299BA5D06A248E7BAFF0BA96AFB4062"><enum>(dd)</enum><header>Electronic transmission of information</header><text>If the State agency determining eligibility for medical assistance under this title or child health assistance under title XXI verifies an element of eligibility based on information from an Express Lane Agency (as defined in subsection (e)(13)(F)), or from another public agency, then the applicant’s signature under penalty of perjury shall not be required as to such element. Any signature requirement for an application for medical assistance may be satisfied through an electronic signature, as defined in section 1710(1) of the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (44 U.S.C. 3504 note). The requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 1137(d)(2) may be met through evidence in digital or electronic form.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7805F93F6F27427F83DD73FE5BBC15F2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of information disclosure</header>
<paragraph id="H2B7C5156B8CA42319E5C1DAB20ED95BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title XIX is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H85D61FECA77843A2A065C56D8DBF6995"><enum>1942.</enum><header>Authorization to receive relevant information</header>
<subsection id="H613ED0866B9540AEBAC0BDF46884D860"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Federal or State agency or private entity in possession of the sources of data directly relevant to eligibility determinations under this title (including eligibility files maintained by Express Lane agencies described in section 1902(e)(13)(F), information described in paragraph (2) or (3) of section 1137(a), vital records information about births in any State, and information described in sections 453(i) and 1902(a)(25)(I)) is authorized to convey such data or information to the State agency administering the State plan under this title, to the extent such conveyance meets the requirements of subsection (b).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H2EC394F7ADD343DF8270D3F08273C91C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements for conveyance</header><text>Data or information may be conveyed pursuant to subsection (a) only if the following requirements are met:</text>
<paragraph id="H356A472B72CD4926BAC2ACD7D6AA9E2E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The individual whose circumstances are described in the data or information (or such individual’s parent, guardian, caretaker relative, or authorized representative) has either provided advance consent to disclosure or has not objected to disclosure after receiving advance notice of disclosure and a reasonable opportunity to object.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H32EC147D7D2C4258BB5D3D821E7E5B28"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Such data or information are used solely for the purposes of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H56C58C16F1C64EBDB08166087120F4D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifying individuals who are eligible or potentially eligible for medical assistance under this title and enrolling or attempting to enroll such individuals in the State plan; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF8E217187F5F4851A489BCD7B4914B23"><enum>(B)</enum><text>verifying the eligibility of individuals for medical assistance under the State plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H443C6D997DF44F5D96A78C5120784203"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An interagency or other agreement, consistent with standards developed by the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAFA37CEABD3E49C59C4520CFA1A28E92"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prevents the unauthorized use, disclosure, or modification of such data and otherwise meets applicable Federal requirements safeguarding privacy and data security; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H66D3772A09784CDD973B2B7859380833"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requires the State agency administering the State plan to use the data and information obtained under this section to seek to enroll individuals in the plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5C24AD02F3C04F9880D0E518DBEDFAFD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Penalties for improper disclosure</header>
<paragraph id="H3F4F0F66AFB5479697B2FF103C85AC8B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Civil money penalty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A private entity described in the subsection (a) that publishes, discloses, or makes known in any manner, or to any extent not authorized by Federal law, any information obtained under this section is subject to a civil money penalty in an amount equal to $10,000 for each such unauthorized publication or disclosure. The provisions of section 1128A (other than subsections (a) and (b) and the second sentence of subsection (f)) shall apply to a civil money penalty under this paragraph in the same manner as such provisions apply to a penalty or proceeding under section 1128A(a).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1659366D63184BE9B03C5B1A9D650E4B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criminal penalty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A private entity described in the subsection (a) that willfully publishes, discloses, or makes known in any manner, or to any extent not authorized by Federal law, any information obtained under this section shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both, for each such unauthorized publication or disclosure.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H01D4AF614D5641D4BE0B10BA1DDEE7C2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>The limitations and requirements that apply to disclosure pursuant to this section shall not be construed to prohibit the conveyance or disclosure of data or information otherwise permitted under Federal law (without regard to this section).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3FB2EFF0033048D498F88E9ACC58CD08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment to title XXI</header><text>Section 2107(e)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)), as amended by subsection (a)(2), is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H223CBBD7C68A4E65BBEE5357EAB22AC2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Section 1942 (relating to authorization to receive data directly relevant to eligibility determinations).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45FA32B1FAA540879E58ABA0324C92D5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming amendment to provide access to data about enrollment in insurance for purposes of evaluating applications and for CHIP</header><text>Section 1902(a)(25)(I)(i) (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25)(I)(i)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE4C7E74CB9A448B0ABAEC19FE318EE10"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(and, at State option, individuals who apply or whose eligibility for medical assistance is being evaluated in accordance with section 1902(e)(13)(D))</quote> after <quote>with respect to individuals who are eligible</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0AB1CF4590E84BABB8E69984113BEC53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>under this title (and, at State option, child health assistance under title XXI)</quote> after <quote>the State plan</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2EEE0857DF3045C4BB8CC29A27AC9BA1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization for States Electing Express Lane Option To Receive Certain Data Directly Relevant To Determining Eligibility and Correct Amount of Assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into such agreements as are necessary to permit a State that elects the Express Lane option under section 1902(e)(13) of the Social Security Act to receive data directly relevant to eligibility determinations and determining the correct amount of benefits under a State child health plan under CHIP or a State plan under Medicaid from the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H642BC32922D042A7AD7274F5406AD812"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The National Directory of New Hires established under section 453(i) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 653(i)).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H05BE9A2F283B4BFFAF1E1FBCDD440DF6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Data regarding enrollment in insurance that may help to facilitate outreach and enrollment under the State Medicaid plan, the State CHIP plan, and such other programs as the Secretary may specify.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA06838D6624E4140A0AAEB4CE5637B94"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section are effective on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="H7A6FA9F9E4AC4991AB9BAFC9A99D83B9"><enum>B</enum><header>Reducing Barriers to Enrollment</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCF7A389C7A54AD495434FE8BC284ED9"><enum>211.</enum><header>Verification of declaration of citizenship or nationality for purposes of eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP</header>
<subsection id="H2F158F69ECC4463285CCF165489C963F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Alternative State Process for Verification of Declaration of Citizenship or Nationality for Purposes of Eligibility for Medicaid</header>
<paragraph id="HFAE6BBD595914592A643E199B7143869"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Alternative to documentation requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="HDC3CC833DB5E4829BB6C265A047A8BF0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1902 (42 U.S.C. 1396a), as amended by section 203(c), is amended—</text>
<clause id="H23F2AA1936BD4065B3B0664CB7AF51C7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(46)—</text>
<subclause id="H3E0B0F0B9F164C7C9B5AB501B007CCBD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(A)</quote> after <quote>(46)</quote>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HEA16081329B540EAB44100E09B2B6651"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by adding <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H0034E68CC70F44208FF5D1928F1932B9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H3807C3AF1ABB4647B7D7B39155ACB94E" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide, with respect to an individual declaring to be a citizen or national of the United States for purposes of establishing eligibility under this title, that the State shall satisfy the requirements of—</text>
<clause id="HC7126690D79148FC9B26ED48BB707420"><enum>(i)</enum><text>section 1903(x); or</text></clause>
<clause id="H3F80EE812FCE4A798F43EC1DDE101350"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subsection (ee);</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H5F763C1CE99E4F43B8115B3CE25F9409"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H0487DAF9F90C4DB0831B96988C3F7656"><enum>(ee)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0A543647EFDA42629EF3221C5DF94972"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(46)(B)(ii), the requirements of this subsection with respect to an individual declaring to be a citizen or national of the United States for purposes of establishing eligibility under this title, are, in lieu of requiring the individual to present satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality under section 1903(x) (if the individual is not described in paragraph (2) of that section), as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HE786527260084F94B1384C7B6BBB3517" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The State submits the name and social security number of the individual to the Commissioner of Social Security as part of the program established under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8C0B76FB87A544D28D8B4A479AAAE886" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If the State receives notice from the Commissioner of Social Security that the name or social security number, or the declaration of citizenship or nationality, of the individual is inconsistent with information in the records maintained by the Commissioner—</text>
<clause id="H53F6615B45E34CE9BCB24E48EC5AE8DA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the State makes a reasonable effort to identify and address the causes of such inconsistency, including through typographical or other clerical errors, by contacting the individual to confirm the accuracy of the name or social security number submitted or declaration of citizenship or nationality and by taking such additional actions as the Secretary, through regulation or other guidance, or the State may identify, and continues to provide the individual with medical assistance while making such effort; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HA16864FAF5BA4C13855EF97B91B2FDBC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case such inconsistency is not resolved under clause (i), the State—</text>
<subclause id="HBEB1A69D2F5F40F0AE01A586A4778724"><enum>(I)</enum><text>notifies the individual of such fact;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H0C8A25A9291D49FBB6E48CD52B5C8DA4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provides the individual with a period of 90 days from the date on which the notice required under subclause (I) is received by the individual to either present satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality (as defined in section 1903(x)(3)) or resolve the inconsistency with the Commissioner of Social Security (and continues to provide the individual with medical assistance during such 90-day period); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H26A484603DCC4CDCB4200339780EBA60"><enum>(III)</enum><text>disenrolls the individual from the State plan under this title within 30 days after the end of such 90-day period if no such documentary evidence is presented or if such inconsistency is not resolved.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC78B7A0F43D549C48B6248688CF3E97F" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H44E1D7F42A4C484F8D52B296EFDCE05D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Each State electing to satisfy the requirements of this subsection for purposes of section 1902(a)(46)(B) shall establish a program under which the State submits at least monthly to the Commissioner of Social Security for comparison of the name and social security number, of each individual newly enrolled in the State plan under this title that month who is not described in section 1903(x)(2) and who declares to be a United States citizen or national, with information in records maintained by the Commissioner.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB19AF6E6FDC24FF6B51E1C378FCF3380" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In establishing the State program under this paragraph, the State may enter into an agreement with the Commissioner of Social Security—</text>
<clause id="H322F5A98A5EC45069DB7ED2AF73AF1C7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide, through an on-line system or otherwise, for the electronic submission of, and response to, the information submitted under subparagraph (A) for an individual enrolled in the State plan under this title who declares to be citizen or national on at least a monthly basis; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HF73A5BF42F9E441AA0AE1D360FE612D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide for a determination of the consistency of the information submitted with the information maintained in the records of the Commissioner through such other method as agreed to by the State and the Commissioner and approved by the Secretary, provided that such method is no more burdensome for individuals to comply with than any burdens that may apply under a method described in clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6428ECCB5279435FA4D5C97DD1078DE8" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The program established under this paragraph shall provide that, in the case of any individual who is required to submit a social security number to the State under subparagraph (A) and who is unable to provide the State with such number, shall be provided with at least the reasonable opportunity to present satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality (as defined in section 1903(x)(3)) as is provided under clauses (i) and (ii) of section 1137(d)(4)(A) to an individual for the submittal to the State of evidence indicating a satisfactory immigration status.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4942070AA893434BB441F1DAC2DE296B" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBB6A4D0351CD461BB239598917014981"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State agency implementing the plan approved under this title shall, at such times and in such form as the Secretary may specify, provide information on the percentage each month that the inconsistent submissions bears to the total submissions made for comparison for such month. For purposes of this subparagraph, a name, social security number, or declaration of citizenship or nationality of an individual shall be treated as inconsistent and included in the determination of such percentage only if—</text>
<clause id="H18D4E9359159454D90D4136C952AC644" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the information submitted by the individual is not consistent with information in records maintained by the Commissioner of Social Security;</text></clause>
<clause id="H52D57FE8CA6746A4AA1948FDF9B02F10" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the inconsistency is not resolved by the State;</text></clause>
<clause id="HBE491D07C00948C4B8A207A1ACD2E2DE" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the individual was provided with a reasonable period of time to resolve the inconsistency with the Commissioner of Social Security or provide satisfactory documentation of citizenship status and did not successfully resolve such inconsistency; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H62E4D23EE0DE4ED4B7888C07949E3580" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>payment has been made for an item or service furnished to the individual under this title.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA3520E32142747A5A48F9ADA2C452B3B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If, for any fiscal year, the average monthly percentage determined under subparagraph (A) is greater than 3 percent—</text>
<clause id="H3E88487E058A4C3CAB0A1BBD81E3DC84"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the State shall develop and adopt a corrective plan to review its procedures for verifying the identities of individuals seeking to enroll in the State plan under this title and to identify and implement changes in such procedures to improve their accuracy; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H5109056E36EB4436A73A2E2EED9BBF96"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount which bears the same ratio to the total payments under the State plan for the fiscal year for providing medical assistance to individuals who provided inconsistent information as the number of individuals with inconsistent information in excess of 3 percent of such total submitted bears to the total number of individuals with inconsistent information.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD93A65CC35A34CF7A5D981A87103DA10" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Secretary may waive, in certain limited cases, all or part of the payment under subparagraph (B)(ii) if the State is unable to reach the allowable error rate despite a good faith effort by such State.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7627B8FAABDC4BE19F57998941C6AC08" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not apply to a State for a fiscal year if there is an agreement described in paragraph (2)(B) in effect as of the close of the fiscal year that provides for the submission on a real-time basis of the information described in such paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2677B8ABEA6F4A85A303E47363DF8BB2" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Nothing in this subsection shall affect the rights of any individual under this title to appeal any disenrollment from a State plan.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA539739BA2594EDAB92A1CC0EE743393"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Costs of implementing and maintaining system</header><text>Section 1903(a)(3) (42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)(3)) is amended—</text>
<clause id="H659570426F374102AD62FDD08B0DC1E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>plus</quote> at the end of subparagraph (E) and inserting <quote>and</quote>, and</text></clause>
<clause id="H2C19F54A3CD44205B3EA074DF0C782C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H0F01378A6C4B4A80A875C6577069B3C5"><enum>(F)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H789BCEC3F04C40509C8F675292650FD7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>90 percent of the sums expended during the quarter as are attributable to the design, development, or installation of such mechanized verification and information retrieval systems as the Secretary determines are necessary to implement section 1902(ee) (including a system described in paragraph (2)(B) thereof), and</text></clause>
<clause id="HA6E151A13EDC47C88BA22D065D9513DA" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>75 percent of the sums expended during the quarter as are attributable to the operation of systems to which clause (i) applies, plus</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H891ACAC4C4E144FFB3BB257C4A7F24A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on waiver authority</header><text>Notwithstanding any provision of section 1115 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 1315), or any other provision of law, the Secretary may not waive the requirements of section 1902(a)(46)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(46)(B)) with respect to a State.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB85D7F31B48437D898C533B83C8E5AD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 1903 (42 U.S.C. 1396b) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE54901679A974288ADAA8C07162D1ADE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (i)(22), by striking <quote>subsection (x)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1902(a)(46)(B)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H94817BE17D174364AACC0AA2D17424A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (x)(1), by striking <quote>subsection (i)(22)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1902(a)(46)(B)(i)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA2F4CC7A9F64D0AA41472E1BC3E8462"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Appropriation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Commissioner of Social Security $5,000,000 to remain available until expended to carry out the Commissioner’s responsibilities under section 1902(ee) of the Social Security Act, as added by subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCE32D0CCC30642F8BE1308DB3A3089EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clarification of Requirements Relating to Presentation of Satisfactory Documentary Evidence of Citizenship or Nationality</header>
<paragraph id="H031EB2C98D404E578606ED2315A5CCC1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Acceptance of documentary evidence issued by a federally recognized indian tribe</header><text>Section 1903(x)(3)(B) (42 U.S.C. 1396b(x)(3)(B)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBE62A580E47F4B07A1C8E22B695F27EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vi); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF0E20C52EF85402986C1AF69EA5B5B3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (iv), the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="HB93E7DE35CFC4D8F889EDCD87C53A046" indent="up2"><enum>(v)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4B489AB1918E4019B2FA1419A3A4F7A4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Except as provided in subclause (II), a document issued by a federally recognized Indian tribe evidencing membership or enrollment in, or affiliation with, such tribe (such as a tribal enrollment card or certificate of degree of Indian blood).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H9D9614C61E1B47A0B9B5E301B1A4118F" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>With respect to those federally recognized Indian tribes located within States having an international border whose membership includes individuals who are not citizens of the United States, the Secretary shall, after consulting with such tribes, issue regulations authorizing the presentation of such other forms of documentation (including tribal documentation, if appropriate) that the Secretary determines to be satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality for purposes of satisfying the requirement of this subsection.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F944A9C10964D7B82BF00A02859DD9F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement to provide reasonable opportunity to present satisfactory documentary evidence</header><text>Section 1903(x) (42 U.S.C. 1396b(x)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="HC3A10657376C4CEA88F78C36A52A013A" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In the case of an individual declaring to be a citizen or national of the United States with respect to whom a State requires the presentation of satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality under section 1902(a)(46)(B)(i), the individual shall be provided at least the reasonable opportunity to present satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality under this subsection as is provided under clauses (i) and (ii) of section 1137(d)(4)(A) to an individual for the submittal to the State of evidence indicating a satisfactory immigration status.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4B33D1322385489A8C5718257192DE86"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Children born in the united states to mothers eligible for medicaid</header>
<subparagraph id="H06C1707157E749CD8980EE0DCA3ED93A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Clarification of rules</header><text>Section 1903(x) (42 U.S.C. 1396b(x)), as amended by paragraph (2), is amended—</text>
<clause id="H506CF3A880AA452C87845EB7D9FFC896"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subclause id="H4F9FB7F035934956BC274667909218FF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HD8396418381C48C39113C62E1789666D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HC45EA35682014983A768A5B83776999A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE8A9C7DB33F14540AF67E31F6ADAB6DB" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H2CB536D7852F4BC8B88521BDB3C5D133" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>pursuant to the application of section 1902(e)(4) (and, in the case of an individual who is eligible for medical assistance on such basis, the individual shall be deemed to have provided satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality and shall not be required to provide further documentary evidence on any date that occurs during or after the period in which the individual is eligible for medical assistance on such basis); or</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HF119B8FD3ED04EC4B22B946FF82215A8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD408933BD4F54A36A681F9295C3590EE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE6C34679DBD44B8B925E3624DDD9C3FA" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Nothing in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 1902(a)(46), the preceding paragraphs of this subsection, or the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including section 6036 of such Act, shall be construed as changing the requirement of section 1902(e)(4) that a child born in the United States to an alien mother for whom medical assistance for the delivery of such child is available as treatment of an emergency medical condition pursuant to subsection (v) shall be deemed eligible for medical assistance during the first year of such child’s life.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H42C626A447F74666AC1F51E070E73B3B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State requirement to issue separate identification number</header><text>Section 1902(e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in the case of a child who is 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), 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.</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF1945C0B68334F29B52F43A3FB1E5A4E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text>Section 1903(x)(2) (42 U.S.C. 1396b(x)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H99FF174146C24F4480A5EF03D646E2E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause id="H9AE597F4756647299D747B5E43F25ED1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by realigning the left margin of the matter preceding clause (i) 2 ems to the left; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HF27078ACAEF04638A2DB97DC07DF4C93"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by realigning the left margins of clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, 2 ems to the left; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8D4FF844D92B4521AFA8D628A1FC4ABA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<clause id="H4F3164AAF7924047A98AEBA670649224"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by realigning the left margin of the matter preceding clause (i) 2 ems to the left; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HEAD8CC1179274E04B0D726A975249EA6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by realigning the left margins of clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, 2 ems to the left.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2B935EFBF2D94A1E89304C722E2684A8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of Documentation System to CHIP</header>
<paragraph id="H13A4624EE63647FA9AF5CDDD4F766BCA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 2105(c) (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)), as amended by section 114(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5FD26EA39B3C4F56B182403F3CB616ED" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H04C449A1CAA74AD0BBE938A406A76BD8"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Citizenship documentation requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H9FF6BF06387E4D74AB2E61464ED168A3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No payment may be made under this section with respect to an individual who has, or is, declared to be a citizen or national of the United States for purposes of establishing eligibility under this title unless the State meets the requirements of section 1902(a)(46)(B) with respect to the individual.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA5B4061D9FCA4F39A24EBAB7B1AD3ACB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Enhanced payments</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (b), the enhanced FMAP with respect to payments under subsection (a) for expenditures described in clause (i) or (ii) of section 1903(a)(3)(F) necessary to comply with subparagraph (A) shall in no event be less than 90 percent and 75 percent, respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D0736AD5D8B4E6BA904AC9ACFE07FFE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nonapplication of administrative expenditures cap</header><text>Section 2105(c)(2)(C) (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)(2)(C)), as amended by section 202(b), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD1C0E37FC7734188A424B8C2CF45559A" style="OLC">
<clause id="H88DCE588CB4246D0A41ED51D46B000CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Expenditures to comply with citizenship or nationality verification requirements</header><text>Expenditures necessary for the State to comply with paragraph (9)(A).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA14945B6586244F3AE4708152367B491"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective Date</header>
<paragraph id="H567FA45B66554276A8636D7F33497562"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header>
<subparagraph id="H14480A67B1584F408297B774F4FCF52D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the amendments made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 2010.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H392C5FAB9D58444F90BF66F1B5F24702"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text>The amendments made by—</text>
<clause id="H7BACC20E40E744599641EE39D32E478C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 6036 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–171; 120 Stat. 80); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H147A9656016F4B329EB8C312D4F3D469"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>paragraph (4) of subsection (b) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 405 of division B of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–432; 120 Stat. 2996).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6C5F7D2B64514F0D859C81E5B964C7D7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Restoration of eligibility</header><text>In the case of an individual who, during the period that began on July 1, 2006, and ends on October 1, 2009, was determined to be ineligible for medical assistance under a State Medicaid plan, including any waiver of such plan, solely as a result of the application of subsections (i)(22) and (x) of section 1903 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (as in effect during such period), but who would have been determined eligible for such assistance if such subsections, as amended by subsection (b), had 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.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB444FB8485E47EEAA4BBD77AE7097C8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special transition rule for indians</header><text>During the period that begins on July 1, 2006, and ends on the effective date of final regulations issued under subclause (II) of section 1903(x)(3)(B)(v) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 1396b(x)(3)(B)(v)) (as added by subsection (b)(1)(B)), an individual who is a member of a federally-recognized Indian tribe described in subclause (II) of that section who presents a document described in subclause (I) of such section that is issued by such Indian tribe, shall be deemed to have presented satisfactory evidence of citizenship or nationality for purposes of satisfying the requirement of subsection (x) of section 1903 of such Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC90BF5453ED34F5B83B64B69F70B3F87" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>212.</enum><header>Reducing administrative barriers to enrollment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2102(b) (42 U.S.C. 1397bb(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC26A2C5CF3F741ABB96A7E3AB8F9EEEF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H59D1C03528274E28AB6211E476B5EED0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H863E5009D3284693B15DA329D2C88DD1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reduction of administrative barriers to enrollment</header>
<subparagraph id="HB3C1D0BCCF054DA7AA32F51703A6DEB6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the plan shall include a description of the procedures used to reduce administrative barriers to the enrollment of children and pregnant women who are eligible for medical assistance under title XIX or for child health assistance or health benefits coverage under this title. Such procedures shall be established and revised as often as the State determines appropriate to take into account the most recent information available to the State identifying such barriers.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5AD92FB641F546A5B811F0D946F0277E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Deemed compliance if joint application and renewal process that permits application other than in person</header><text>A State shall be deemed to comply with subparagraph (A) if the State’s application and renewal forms and supplemental forms (if any) and information verification process is the same for purposes of establishing and renewing eligibility for children and pregnant women for medical assistance under title XIX and child health assistance under this title, and such process does not require an application to be made in person or a face-to-face interview.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11B2B235E64F4A39A03F4CA3114566A4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>213.</enum><header>Model of Interstate coordinated enrollment and coverage process</header>
<subsection id="H013BD534E929465783799D5FDA1F5C9E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to assure continuity of coverage of low-income children under the Medicaid program and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with State Medicaid and CHIP directors and organizations representing program beneficiaries, shall develop a model process for the coordination of the enrollment, retention, and coverage under such programs of children who, because of migration of families, emergency evacuations, natural or other disasters, public health emergencies, educational needs, or otherwise, frequently change their State of residency or otherwise are temporarily located outside of the State of their residency.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H1D8E425BA8974F289BDDE08A2F7E9CCD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>After development of such model process, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a report describing additional steps or authority needed to make further improvements to coordinate the enrollment, retention, and coverage under CHIP and Medicaid of children described in subsection (a).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H2ED1B2726F2440CFBD52EE75340AA4EA"><enum>214.</enum><header>Permitting States to ensure coverage without a 5-year delay of certain children and pregnant women under the Medicaid program and CHIP</header>
<subsection id="H69F681E8DD0D4D4EB87575C0829C6A7A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Medicaid program</header><text>Section 1903(v) (42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAE068C7B83CD449B84CF443D92E4E13A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>paragraph (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (2) and (4)</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6DF6036B86DF494EB87EC6BF6FF36FEC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="HD5FCCC98B0CF41CA8977ABA00F41C757" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HCB884821633045CDBFEF8AB01D9089D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A State may elect (in a plan amendment under this title) to provide medical assistance under this title, notwithstanding sections 401(a), 402(b), 403, and 421 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, to children and pregnant women who are lawfully residing in the United States (including battered individuals described in section 431(c) of such Act) and who are otherwise eligible for such assistance, within either or both of the following eligibility categories:</text>
<clause id="HD7D6BE4F13C4489FA3CE274034BA012B" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Pregnant women</header><text>Women during pregnancy (and during the 60-day period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy).</text></clause>
<clause id="H07A154099F8D4341AAF118D652242AD2" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Children</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals under 21 years of age, including optional targeted low-income children described in section 1905(u)(2)(B).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC38C2E5B298140EAA636208147704453" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of a State that has elected to provide medical assistance to a category of aliens under subparagraph (A), no debt shall accrue under an affidavit of support against any sponsor of such an alien on the basis of provision of assistance to such category and the cost of such assistance shall not be considered as an unreimbursed cost.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7831E8D5591240B3A3C8C57FB20FCB70" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the State's ongoing eligibility redetermination requirements and procedures for an individual provided medical assistance as a result of an election by the State under subparagraph (A), a State shall verify that the individual continues to lawfully reside in the United States using the documentation presented to the State by the individual on initial enrollment. If the State cannot successfully verify that the individual is lawfully residing in the United States in this manner, it shall require that the individual provide the State with further documentation or other evidence to verify that the individual is lawfully residing in the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HEFCBCD41FDEA43B5A35B0EBEA3E45159"><enum>(b)</enum><header>CHIP</header><text>Section 2107(e)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)), as amended by sections 203(a)(2) and 203(d)(2), is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively and by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H0C326F560FF841B88360FBECFE48D2A3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Paragraph (4) of section 1903(v) (relating to optional coverage of categories of lawfully residing immigrant children or pregnant women), but only if the State has elected to apply such paragraph with respect to such category of children or pregnant women under title XIX.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>III</enum><header>Reducing Barriers to Providing Premium Assistance</header>
<subtitle id="HFC2777ABCF06487694699DB4BAFE72D5"><enum>A</enum><header>Additional State Option for Providing Premium Assistance</header>
<section id="H09E8388A89CF448C87B8DC3F748CC601"><enum>301.</enum><header>Additional State option for providing premium assistance</header>
<subsection id="H57F0FEBACE3C4F08A3EBBFB3003D907B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>CHIP</header>
<paragraph id="H255830A5B9DF420DBB8147E9F9E95320"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 2105(c) (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)), as amended by sections 114(a) and 211(c), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E08B96C442648FDB42F96272DD2B1FE"><enum>(10)</enum><header>State option to offer premium assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="H69CAEC7AAA6449BF8357C9E5E8191FD0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may elect to offer a premium assistance subsidy (as defined in subparagraph (C)) for qualified employer-sponsored coverage (as defined in subparagraph (B)) to all targeted low-income children who are eligible for child health assistance under the plan and have access to such coverage in accordance with the requirements of this paragraph. No subsidy shall be provided to a targeted low-income child under this paragraph unless the child (or the child’s parent) voluntarily elects to receive such a subsidy. A State may not require such an election as a condition of receipt of child health assistance.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H49CD73F96FF84CC7BA2F49D52AE1280B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualified employer-sponsored coverage</header>
<clause id="H742841F8B5654AF28C8E0A726A8C3219"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), in this paragraph, the term <term>qualified employer-sponsored coverage</term> means a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered through an employer—</text>
<subclause id="H74D395B9B35F40DAA3CA6CD7220DCDB3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>that qualifies as creditable coverage as a group health plan under section 2701(c)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H5ED26C2FEA374FB48B3B98CD75DD2EC5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for which the employer contribution toward any premium for such coverage is at least 40 percent; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H2160922CF8314DD095977AA6595E2293"><enum>(III)</enum><text>that is offered to all individuals in a manner that would be considered a nondiscriminatory eligibility classification for purposes of paragraph (3)(A)(ii) of section 105(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (but determined without regard to clause (i) of subparagraph (B) of such paragraph).</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HA0EE6EE13BD94010928465215FD590BF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Such term does not include coverage consisting of—</text>
<subclause id="HE724AE5953F64ED49E4DEE5FAFFF6D28"><enum>(I)</enum><text>benefits provided under a health flexible spending arrangement (as defined in section 106(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986); or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H84B1923D6CD54A438E4F5218AA996953"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a high deductible health plan (as defined in section 223(c)(2) of such Code), without regard to whether the plan is purchased in conjunction with a health savings account (as defined under section 223(d) of such Code).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBA4CE2F0651E4814A8E4E78D2E5D9F63"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Premium assistance subsidy</header>
<clause id="H1341D9CE6BF345E89B4566550170E922"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>premium assistance subsidy</term> means, with respect to a targeted low-income child, the amount equal to the difference between the employee contribution required for enrollment only of the employee under qualified employer-sponsored coverage and the employee contribution required for enrollment of the employee and the child in such coverage, less any applicable premium cost-sharing applied under the State child health plan (subject to the limitations imposed under section 2103(e), including the requirement to count the total amount of the employee contribution required for enrollment of the employee and the child in such coverage toward the annual aggregate cost-sharing limit applied under paragraph (3)(B) of such section).</text></clause>
<clause id="H34BD13D4D2494E09874E2EBB9A4A0A37"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>State payment option</header><text>A State may provide a premium assistance subsidy either as reimbursement to an employee for out-of-pocket expenditures or, subject to clause (iii), directly to the employee’s employer.</text></clause>
<clause id="HD4E0BDD4881B4BA0B89605BCF20D5074"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Employer opt-out</header><text>An employer may notify a State that it elects to opt-out of being directly paid a premium assistance subsidy on behalf of an employee. In the event of such a notification, an employer shall withhold the total amount of the employee contribution required for enrollment of the employee and the child in the qualified employer-sponsored coverage and the State shall pay the premium assistance subsidy directly to the employee.</text></clause>
<clause id="H9E4A0EFFE5584DE188AD1F91E9BBB43A"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Treatment as child health assistance</header><text>Expenditures for the provision of premium assistance subsidies shall be considered child health assistance described in paragraph (1)(C) of subsection (a) for purposes of making payments under that subsection.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE0142F266A194596B20D5456B7D35704"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Application of secondary payor rules</header><text>The State shall be a secondary payor for any items or services provided under the qualified employer-sponsored coverage for which the State provides child health assistance under the State child health plan.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3EBA248F289A4EE4A8CD4B796E19E571"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Requirement to provide supplemental coverage for benefits and cost-sharing protection provided under the state child health plan</header>
<clause id="H47CC42A314B54592AFC28E06537D7E31"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 2110(b)(1)(C), the State shall provide for each targeted low-income child enrolled in qualified employer-sponsored coverage, supplemental coverage consisting of—</text>
<subclause id="HE12E239AE5C942E3B1431A44DE0B6FB9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>items or services that are not covered, or are only partially covered, under the qualified employer-sponsored coverage; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H43B7AC8EC7FF41AAAEF3651AF8C2ED1C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>cost-sharing protection consistent with section 2103(e).</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HF4B1E21CF53E4038A645586A1878B8A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Record keeping requirements</header><text>For purposes of carrying out clause (i), a State may elect to directly pay out-of-pocket expenditures for cost-sharing imposed under the qualified employer-sponsored coverage and collect or not collect all or any portion of such expenditures from the parent of the child.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2C778A087C404DA58335DD566F608569"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Application of waiting period imposed under the state</header><text>Any waiting period imposed under the State child health plan prior to the provision of child health assistance to a targeted low-income child under the State plan shall apply to the same extent to the provision of a premium assistance subsidy for the child under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2B85944D9A05447DAB6CEAF65FFDA63D"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Opt-out permitted for any month</header><text>A State shall establish a process for permitting the parent of a targeted low-income child receiving a premium assistance subsidy to disenroll the child from the qualified employer-sponsored coverage and enroll the child in, and receive child health assistance under, the State child health plan, effective on the first day of any month for which the child is eligible for such assistance and in a manner that ensures continuity of coverage for the child.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0B85B7D4840247AB888B163F35D0DF47"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Application to parents</header><text>If a State provides child health assistance or health benefits coverage to parents of a targeted low-income child in accordance with section 2111(b), the State may elect to offer a premium assistance subsidy to a parent of a targeted low-income child who is eligible for such a subsidy under this paragraph in the same manner as the State offers such a subsidy for the enrollment of the child in qualified employer-sponsored coverage, except that—</text>
<clause id="H88E9E4ED6A914F45BAEEF2BDDAACE82C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of the premium assistance subsidy shall be increased to take into account the cost of the enrollment of the parent in the qualified employer-sponsored coverage or, at the option of the State if the State determines it cost-effective, the cost of the enrollment of the child’s family in such coverage; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H91DDB468B97B49FAA24021DEE05B362E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any reference in this paragraph to a child is deemed to include a reference to the parent or, if applicable under clause (i), the family of the child.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8D786EEBBF604EDFB42F70BD260F1B7D"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Additional state option for providing premium assistance</header>
<clause id="HF25CE108CA67471694D81C67C710AF6E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State may establish an employer-family premium assistance purchasing pool for employers with less than 250 employees who have at least 1 employee who is a pregnant woman eligible for assistance under the State child health plan (including through the application of an option described in section 2112(f)) or a member of a family with at least 1 targeted low-income child and to provide a premium assistance subsidy under this paragraph for enrollment in coverage made available through such pool.</text></clause>
<clause id="HF414D19DB384477E857A4BB553D4CD56"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Access to choice of coverage</header><text>A State that elects the option under clause (i) shall identify and offer access to not less than 2 private health plans that are health benefits coverage that is equivalent to the benefits coverage in a benchmark benefit package described in section 2103(b) or benchmark-equivalent coverage that meets the requirements of section 2103(a)(2) for employees described in clause (i).</text></clause>
<clause id="H01BA59CC923C4FD89DBBCADE6621111D"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Clarification of payment for administrative expenditures</header><text>Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed as permitting payment under this section for administrative expenditures attributable to the establishment or operation of such pool, except to the extent that such payment would otherwise be permitted under this title.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB7E44029891A47A3940AD9D8DEAA5A31"><enum>(J)</enum><header>No effect on premium assistance waiver programs</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as limiting the authority of a State to offer premium assistance under section 1906 or 1906A, a waiver described in paragraph (2)(B) or (3), a waiver approved under section 1115, or other authority in effect prior to the date of enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5CA3E5CDC44B483591D657648CC50C6A"><enum>(K)</enum><header>Notice of availability</header><text>If a State elects to provide premium assistance subsidies in accordance with this paragraph, the State shall—</text>
<clause id="H637136CE95734481BE99A8508638CFE1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>include on any application or enrollment form for child health assistance a notice of the availability of premium assistance subsidies for the enrollment of targeted low-income children in qualified employer-sponsored coverage;</text></clause>
<clause id="HAEFA6DEE3A5648E28628FB48B15F4065"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide, as part of the application and enrollment process under the State child health plan, information describing the availability of such subsidies and how to elect to obtain such a subsidy; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC391AFCC391140FFBB4DFA1FC01B281E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>establish such other procedures as the State determines necessary to ensure that parents are fully informed of the choices for receiving child health assistance under the State child health plan or through the receipt of premium assistance subsidies.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HADE922E30F424CA188A5E895DD18EC59"><enum>(L)</enum><header>Application to qualified employer-sponsored benchmark coverage</header><text>If a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered through an employer is certified by an actuary as health benefits coverage that is equivalent to the benefits coverage in a benchmark benefit package described in section 2103(b) or benchmark-equivalent coverage that meets the requirements of section 2103(a)(2), the State may provide premium assistance subsidies for enrollment of targeted low-income children in such group health plan or health insurance coverage in the same manner as such subsidies are provided under this paragraph for enrollment in qualified employer-sponsored coverage, but without regard to the requirement to provide supplemental coverage for benefits and cost-sharing protection provided under the State child health plan under subparagraph (E).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H76A3163037F949709452AADACE243E23"><enum>(M)</enum><header>Satisfaction of cost-effectiveness test</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Premium assistance subsidies for qualified employer-sponsored coverage offered under this paragraph shall be deemed to meet the requirement of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3E562B06E7AF4323BEDE5D00EB77BDCE"><enum>(N)</enum><header>Coordination with medicaid</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a targeted low-income child who receives child health assistance through a State plan under title XIX and who voluntarily elects to receive a premium assistance subsidy under this section, the provisions of section 1906A shall apply and shall supersede any other provisions of this paragraph that are inconsistent with such section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1A0E4E62FB2A4B74A467AD674F38A1DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination of cost-effectiveness for premium assistance or purchase of family coverage</header>
<subparagraph id="HA08CB8FA435E487C81C50529A1AB2A24"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 2105(c)(3)(A) (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)(3)(A)) is amended by striking <quote>relative to</quote> and all that follows through the comma and inserting “relative to</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72F2B86FEB8E421C9A70AB9524255A42" style="OLC">
<clause id="H1EDC31D8200148F8824B280B3032B545"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of expenditures under the State child health plan, including administrative expenditures, that the State would have made to provide comparable coverage of the targeted low-income child involved or the family involved (as applicable); or</text></clause>
<clause id="HB73748ACCE19467596C7C20D5C8402B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the aggregate amount of expenditures that the State would have made under the State child health plan, including administrative expenditures, for providing coverage under such plan for all such children or families.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H86DE024EA94E47888655FAFF5AE5CC61"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nonapplication to previously approved coverage</header><text>The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall not apply to coverage the purchase of which has been approved by the Secretary under section 2105(c)(3) of the Social Security Act prior to the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H08759FE8F6B245A2AC1CAD0CDAD453E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Medicaid</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title XIX is amended by inserting after section 1906 the following new section:</text>
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<section id="HC510761DD9A04B6581D5532265AEF951"><enum>1906A.</enum><header>Premium Assistance Option for Children</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H679866DA8109479F9D5958287362E9D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State may elect to offer a premium assistance subsidy (as defined in subsection (c)) for qualified employer-sponsored coverage (as defined in subsection (b)) to all individuals under age 19 who are entitled to medical assistance under this title (and to the parent of such an individual) who have access to such coverage if the State meets the requirements of this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4251FDBDC44A42C49642F0B08302C3C8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified employer-sponsored coverage</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2498A32B41294EE0B9DC17BE6BD9BB69"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2)), in this paragraph, the term <term>qualified employer-sponsored coverage</term> means a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered through an employer—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9A78BC2CE7BA4888B19029B1042377D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that qualifies as creditable coverage as a group health plan under section 2701(c)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H15968E5543D341E5AFA5D59719EB9B21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which the employer contribution toward any premium for such coverage is at least 40 percent; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD5B89BA28DF846F1B05573A398ACEE9A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that is offered to all individuals in a manner that would be considered a nondiscriminatory eligibility classification for purposes of paragraph (3)(A)(ii) of section 105(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (but determined without regard to clause (i) of subparagraph (B) of such paragraph).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA6A07EBAC29438F83CBB1D2248810CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Such term does not include coverage consisting of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC9E032B812534BE8BEDB05791DB2AACF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>benefits provided under a health flexible spending arrangement (as defined in section 106(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H37D55C176F6D4A579E491AF6561568A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a high deductible health plan (as defined in section 223(c)(2) of such Code), without regard to whether the plan is purchased in conjunction with a health savings account (as defined under section 223(d) of such Code).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H51344F7906874982A28CDE3AA8F40022"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment as third party liability</header><text>The State shall treat the coverage provided under qualified employer-sponsored coverage as a third party liability under section 1902(a)(25).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H45FE44D251B74460AE73ED3B84C71724"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Premium assistance subsidy</header><text>In this section, the term <term>premium assistance subsidy</term> means the amount of the employee contribution for enrollment in the qualified employer-sponsored coverage by the individual under age 19 or by the individual’s family. Premium assistance subsidies under this section shall be considered, for purposes of section 1903(a), to be a payment for medical assistance.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4461E5E172E346F487634E8C98CC8547"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Voluntary participation</header>
<paragraph id="HED145301C43B482A9C22E64EC839D281"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Employers</header><text>Participation by an employer in a premium assistance subsidy offered by a State under this section shall be voluntary. An employer may notify a State that it elects to opt-out of being directly paid a premium assistance subsidy on behalf of an employee.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF93B143B494D4779AB4C9ED206555F6F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Beneficiaries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No subsidy shall be provided to an individual under age 19 under this section unless the individual (or the individual’s parent) voluntarily elects to receive such a subsidy. A State may not require such an election as a condition of receipt of medical assistance. State may not require, as a condition of an individual under age 19 (or the individual’s parent) being or remaining eligible for medical assistance under this title, apply for enrollment in qualified employer-sponsored coverage under this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE859874C13A4B10A9C7232BF611526E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Opt-out permitted for any month</header><text>A State shall establish a process for permitting the parent of an individual under age 19 receiving a premium assistance subsidy to disenroll the individual from the qualified employer-sponsored coverage.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6EBB9AE19667428DB1FAC7E908920CFB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Requirement To pay premiums and cost-sharing and provide supplemental coverage</header><text>In the case of the participation of an individual under age 19 (or the individual’s parent) in a premium assistance subsidy under this section for qualified employer-sponsored coverage, the State shall provide for payment of all enrollee premiums for enrollment in such coverage and all deductibles, coinsurance, and other cost-sharing obligations for items and services otherwise covered under the State plan under this title (exceeding the amount otherwise permitted under section 1916 or, if applicable, section 1916A). The fact that an individual under age 19 (or a parent) elects to enroll in qualified employer-sponsored coverage under this section shall not change the individual’s (or parent’s) eligibility for medical assistance under the State plan, except insofar as section 1902(a)(25) provides that payments for such assistance shall first be made under such coverage.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H7E56CC13A313425EAA97B26DBBE9DB48"><enum>(c)</enum><header>GAO Study and Report</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2010, the Comptroller General of the United States shall study cost and coverage issues relating to any State premium assistance programs for which Federal matching payments are made under title XIX or XXI of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>, including under waiver authority, and shall submit a report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives on the results of such study.</text></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27A0F26BF8F744BE99DD575BDB9190A9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Outreach, education, and enrollment assistance</header>
<subsection id="H8C48AA600B404EAC96EB0C28B8C7CEB2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement To Include Description of Outreach, Education, and Enrollment Efforts Related to Premium Assistance Subsidies in State Child Health Plan</header><text>Section 2102(c) (42 U.S.C. 1397bb(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2E7ADBC6DFEA4DA68E73241A6C4683DF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB0D03DDD661044E487A55BB6D8EE0CF2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Premium assistance subsidies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a State that provides for premium assistance subsidies under the State child health plan in accordance with paragraph (2)(B), (3), or (10) of section 2105(c), or a waiver approved under section 1115, outreach, education, and enrollment assistance for families of children likely to be eligible for such subsidies, to inform such families of the availability of, and to assist them in enrolling their children in, such subsidies, and for employers likely to provide coverage that is eligible for such subsidies, including the specific, significant resources the State intends to apply to educate employers about the availability of premium assistance subsidies under the State child health plan.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HD7F460A9997042848E092C9FDB8DF706"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Nonapplication of 10 Percent Limit on Outreach and Certain Other Expenditures</header><text>Section 2105(c)(2)(C) (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)(2)(C)), as amended by section 211(c)(2), is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCA106DE4E35C497E8C69AE61497EDAC0" style="OLC">
<clause id="H3BEE02726EAE46E7A8500721E973CD1D"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Expenditures for outreach to increase the enrollment of children under this title and title <enum-in-header>XIX</enum-in-header> through premium assistance subsidies</header><text>Expenditures for outreach activities to families of children likely to be eligible for premium assistance subsidies in accordance with paragraph (2)(B), (3), or (10), or a waiver approved under section 1115, to inform such families of the availability of, and to assist them in enrolling their children in, such subsidies, and to employers likely to provide qualified employer-sponsored coverage (as defined in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph), but not to exceed an amount equal to 1.25 percent of the maximum amount permitted to be expended under subparagraph (A) for items described in subsection (a)(1)(D).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="H452EC302D2344C61842A1E36DD5F0FC1"><enum>B</enum><header>Coordinating Premium Assistance with Private Coverage</header>
<section id="HAE4B40701AE24260A7D3DAF9C2E52017"><enum>311.</enum><header>Special enrollment period under group health plans in case of termination of Medicaid or CHIP coverage or eligibility for assistance in purchase of employment-based coverage; coordination of coverage</header>
<subsection id="H50FE2817DEE940E6B7FFD0A446EF64EA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments to Internal Revenue Code of 1986</header><text>Section 9801(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to special enrollment periods) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HECD0A44D4E7D41EAB2364AA00D1FDD08" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAE26354184BA4A2EA69151ADBC4D4D0F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rules relating to medicaid and chip</header>
<subparagraph id="H5B1BF07DB8434D65A49264EFB13D26A0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A group health plan shall permit an employee who is eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage under the terms of the plan (or a dependent of such an employee if the dependent is eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage under such terms) to enroll for coverage under the terms of the plan if either of the following conditions is met:</text>
<clause id="H27D77B2CD3B54EC9923DDA6E40B60732"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Termination of medicaid or chip coverage</header><text>The employee or dependent is covered under a Medicaid plan under title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> or under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act and coverage of the employee or dependent under such a plan is terminated as a result of loss of eligibility for such coverage and the employee requests coverage under the group health plan not later than 60 days after the date of termination of such coverage.</text></clause>
<clause id="H05B44F635D1B42B2A96CE0DE9DCF912D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Eligibility for employment assistance under medicaid or chip</header><text>The employee or dependent becomes eligible for assistance, with respect to coverage under the group health plan under such Medicaid plan or State child health plan (including under any waiver or demonstration project conducted under or in relation to such a plan), if the employee requests coverage under the group health plan not later than 60 days after the date the employee or dependent is determined to be eligible for such assistance.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6A611D2D4D444B66AE69B984D3D04668"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Employee outreach and disclosure</header>
<clause id="HB4B2D7A07F6F47DCB97707BBA7453EDF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Outreach to employees regarding availability of medicaid and chip coverage</header>
<subclause id="H7F281F96C7CC458F96932D7DDFD5BB99"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each employer that maintains a group health plan in a State that provides medical assistance under a State Medicaid plan under title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>, or child health assistance under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act, in the form of premium assistance for the purchase of coverage under a group health plan, shall provide to each employee a written notice informing the employee of potential opportunities then currently available in the State in which the employee resides for premium assistance under such plans for health coverage of the employee or the employee’s dependents. For purposes of compliance with this clause, the employer may use any State-specific model notice developed in accordance with section 701(f)(3)(B)(i)(II) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ERISA">Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974</act-name> (29 U.S.C. 1181(f)(3)(B)(i)(II)).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H0CAD2C44D8EF457B98836938A2286C99"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Option to provide concurrent with provision of plan materials to employee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employer may provide the model notice applicable to the State in which an employee resides concurrent with the furnishing of materials notifying the employee of health plan eligibility, concurrent with materials provided to the employee in connection with an open season or election process conducted under the plan, or concurrent with the furnishing of the summary plan description as provided in section 104(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ERISA">Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974</act-name> (29 U.S.C. 1024).</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HE195FEBB1A0A4137A82C4C37642798D2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Disclosure about group health plan benefits to states for medicaid and chip eligible individuals</header><text>In the case of a participant or beneficiary of a group health plan who is covered under a Medicaid plan of a State under title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> or under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act, the plan administrator of the group health plan shall disclose to the State, upon request, information about the benefits available under the group health plan in sufficient specificity, as determined under regulations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Secretary that require use of the model coverage coordination disclosure form developed under section 311(b)(1)(C) of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, so as to permit the State to make a determination (under paragraph (2)(B), (3), or (10) of section 2105(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> or otherwise) concerning the cost-effectiveness of the State providing medical or child health assistance through premium assistance for the purchase of coverage under such group health plan and in order for the State to provide supplemental benefits required under paragraph (10)(E) of such section or other authority.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HF1B5150554A942829B545D9260A4DE45"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming Amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H3DEC1A981E7F44388697262D8CD33B09"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendments to employee retirement income security act</header>
<subparagraph id="H3C8F7611B2E446AB8345938CBB544840"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 701(f) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ERISA">Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974</act-name> (29 U.S.C. 1181(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Employee" id="HC55546E70C714B5FACFEFDD212729DD9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF7BF458D3B3748E491B572E7AE3524E0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rules for application in case of medicaid and chip</header>
<subparagraph id="HE792700BA7AD49E79DED3AC13BE7E155"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan, shall permit an employee who is eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage under the terms of the plan (or a dependent of such an employee if the dependent is eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage under such terms) to enroll for coverage under the terms of the plan if either of the following conditions is met:</text>
<clause id="H9D147F50F7C0459F9942554ABA27A77D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Termination of medicaid or chip coverage</header><text>The employee or dependent is covered under a Medicaid plan under title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> or under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act and coverage of the employee or dependent under such a plan is terminated as a result of loss of eligibility for such coverage and the employee requests coverage under the group health plan (or health insurance coverage) not later than 60 days after the date of termination of such coverage.</text></clause>
<clause id="H844A6AB75A954844B6DB4C2C45607DF5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Eligibility for employment assistance under medicaid or chip</header><text>The employee or dependent becomes eligible for assistance, with respect to coverage under the group health plan or health insurance coverage, under such Medicaid plan or State child health plan (including under any waiver or demonstration project conducted under or in relation to such a plan), if the employee requests coverage under the group health plan or health insurance coverage not later than 60 days after the date the employee or dependent is determined to be eligible for such assistance.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCFC867CB30564ECDA986566EF90BE32F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Coordination with medicaid and chip</header>
<clause id="H352095C211114A46B24073EE77B16CFB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Outreach to employees regarding availability of medicaid and chip coverage</header>
<subclause id="HFF08C6D85773424786A9277F5C8A30FF"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each employer that maintains a group health plan in a State that provides medical assistance under a State Medicaid plan under title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>, or child health assistance under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act, in the form of premium assistance for the purchase of coverage under a group health plan, shall provide to each employee a written notice informing the employee of potential opportunities then currently available in the State in which the employee resides for premium assistance under such plans for health coverage of the employee or the employee’s dependents.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HC74D93EB29EB4FEBA671BFBC6DBC9496"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Model notice</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with Directors of State Medicaid agencies under title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> and Directors of State CHIP agencies under title XXI of such Act, shall jointly develop national and State-specific model notices for purposes of subparagraph (A). The Secretary shall provide employers with such model notices so as to enable employers to timely comply with the requirements of subparagraph (A). Such model notices shall include information regarding how an employee may contact the State in which the employee resides for additional information regarding potential opportunities for such premium assistance, including how to apply for such assistance.</text></subclause>
<subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC71471BBB4342E6901B7FBB7B8D172C"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Option to provide concurrent with provision of plan materials to employee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employer may provide the model notice applicable to the State in which an employee resides concurrent with the furnishing of materials notifying the employee of health plan eligibility, concurrent with materials provided to the employee in connection with an open season or election process conducted under the plan, or concurrent with the furnishing of the summary plan description as provided in section 104(b).</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HDFCBF6AB635447F18AB86DF9E81D6629"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Disclosure about group health plan benefits to states for medicaid and chip eligible individuals</header><text>In the case of a participant or beneficiary of a group health plan who is covered under a Medicaid plan of a State under title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> or under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act, the plan administrator of the group health plan shall disclose to the State, upon request, information about the benefits available under the group health plan in sufficient specificity, as determined under regulations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Secretary that require use of the model coverage coordination disclosure form developed under section 311(b)(1)(C) of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, so as to permit the State to make a determination (under paragraph (2)(B), (3), or (10) of section 2105(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> or otherwise) concerning the cost-effectiveness of the State providing medical or child health assistance through premium assistance for the purchase of coverage under such group health plan and in order for the State to provide supplemental benefits required under paragraph (10)(E) of such section or other authority.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5F35DFE1A0134C74B1C65E0D2E2B7CCE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 102(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ERISA">Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974</act-name> (29 U.S.C. 1022(b)) is amended—</text>
<clause id="H2534D64743FB424B84832629F7F1E71D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and the remedies</quote> and inserting <quote>, the remedies</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H424A9E71695044D781103F7B3D3EFB0F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting before the period the following: <quote>, and if the employer so elects for purposes of complying with section 701(f)(3)(B)(i), the model notice applicable to the State in which the participants and beneficiaries reside</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E710BB5A0B24B5FA0B2204CD5C98EBB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Working group to develop model coverage coordination disclosure form</header>
<clause id="HFE26969FD506484B926836A3461D66C9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Medicaid, chip, and employer-sponsored coverage coordination working group</header>
<subclause id="HAC8502BF2F15489FB9A086E4D17236CC"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor shall jointly establish a Medicaid, CHIP, and Employer-Sponsored Coverage Coordination Working Group (in this subparagraph referred to as the <quote>Working Group</quote>). The purpose of the Working Group shall be to develop the model coverage coordination disclosure form described in subclause (II) and to identify the impediments to the effective coordination of coverage available to families that include employees of employers that maintain group health plans and members who are eligible for medical assistance under title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> or child health assistance or other health benefits coverage under title XXI of such Act.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H9908CAECFB43467A831045856FE93F71"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Model coverage coordination disclosure form described</header><text>The model form described in this subclause is a form for plan administrators of group health plans to complete for purposes of permitting a State to determine the availability and cost-effectiveness of the coverage available under such plans to employees who have family members who are eligible for premium assistance offered under a State plan under title XIX or XXI of such Act and to allow for coordination of coverage for enrollees of such plans. Such form shall provide the following information in addition to such other information as the Working Group determines appropriate:</text>
<item id="H11D61B303D804A1CBF4B0287E0AFE813"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>A determination of whether the employee is eligible for coverage under the group health plan.</text></item>
<item id="H01C595309DCF4B1DB1EB5FB08275E06C"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>The name and contract information of the plan administrator of the group health plan.</text></item>
<item id="H60917709B7184CB1A91F7321800439E0"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>The benefits offered under the plan.</text></item>
<item id="H58CDCC70759B408094AC0B792FFCB896"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>The premiums and cost-sharing required under the plan.</text></item>
<item id="HD59A3F6F51194B3FA59B9A464EC24CF7"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>Any other information relevant to coverage under the plan.</text></item></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H3A9C487905B644DEBB35FA245CAF8D36"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The Working Group shall consist of not more than 30 members and shall be composed of representatives of—</text>
<subclause id="H859E9A762861423DB3605DF4DDD1C843"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Department of Labor;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H9260EF6ED2064BF690FE714682579EFB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Department of Health and Human Services;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H96555D6808274BD0A78FCCB9B02D4B77"><enum>(III)</enum><text>State directors of the Medicaid program under title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H9315360EB43F4DED93B29E04E83DBB39"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>State directors of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program under title XXI of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H37D7BF53A71C4CECAEC9B2FD34B0E758"><enum>(V)</enum><text>employers, including owners of small businesses and their trade or industry representatives and certified human resource and payroll professionals;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H2AA0ECD2250A4DA59DE95CD35F5145D0"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>plan administrators and plan sponsors of group health plans (as defined in section 607(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ERISA">Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974</act-name>);</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HA43314332F28440F93F34FFD780E70F2"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>health insurance issuers; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HE7192522C847442AB656C31D65948D04"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>children and other beneficiaries of medical assistance under title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> or child health assistance or other health benefits coverage under title XXI of such Act.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H69DD9450A4C84DB8B5BFDB83F6882C58"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The members of the Working Group shall serve without compensation.</text></clause>
<clause id="H0A23BAAC6F90428CA9951D5B2153C594"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Administrative support</header><text>The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor shall jointly provide appropriate administrative support to the Working Group, including technical assistance. The Working Group may use the services and facilities of either such Department, with or without reimbursement, as jointly determined by such Departments.</text></clause>
<clause id="HCE3731D7FD69466D86149D8B6694DD7D"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Report</header>
<subclause id="HE46932FBC35B4BE2B343112D6A621BE9"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Report by working group to the secretaries</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Working Group shall submit to the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health and Human Services the model form described in clause (i)(II) along with a report containing recommendations for appropriate measures to address the impediments to the effective coordination of coverage between group health plans and the State plans under titles XIX and XXI of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H3AD68593476F450EBB3ED0962BD18A30"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Report by secretaries to the congress</header><text>Not later than 2 months after receipt of the report pursuant to subclause (I), the Secretaries shall jointly submit a report to each House of the Congress regarding the recommendations contained in the report under such subclause.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H08E70AEFD2E941A29710B002D3E29FE1"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The Working Group shall terminate 30 days after the date of the issuance of its report under clause (v).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0B46E1FFA88A4A70BEF14C932ACFC48D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Effective dates</header><text>The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall develop the initial model notices under section 701(f)(3)(B)(i)(II) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ERISA">Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974</act-name>, and the Secretary of Labor shall provide such notices to employers, not later than the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and each employer shall provide the initial annual notices to such employer’s employees beginning with the first plan year that begins after the date on which such initial model notices are first issued. The model coverage coordination disclosure form developed under subparagraph (C) shall apply with respect to requests made by States beginning with the first plan year that begins after the date on which such model coverage coordination disclosure form is first issued.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA0929826C18C4AEF9EEAD02F404EF6BD"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>Section 502 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ERISA">Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974</act-name> (29 U.S.C. 1132) is amended—</text>
<clause id="H74996C6C37914F8FACEF22DBC6064DD5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(6), by striking <quote>or (8)</quote> and inserting <quote>(8), or (9)</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H004B4E5D2A4B406BA325D81A12CBA403"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10), and by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H01B0E96F6FB6417A947B28C89A1170D8" indent="up1"><enum>(9)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEC27FA228E02449CA4D6DBEE4FC8711B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary may assess a civil penalty against any employer of up to $100 a day from the date of the employer’s failure to meet the notice requirement of section 701(f)(3)(B)(i)(I). For purposes of this subparagraph, each violation with respect to any single employee shall be treated as a separate violation.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD1DF45CDA7A14624A1D2D2622D985256" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary may assess a civil penalty against any plan administrator of up to $100 a day from the date of the plan administrator’s failure to timely provide to any State the information required to be disclosed under section 701(f)(3)(B)(ii). For purposes of this subparagraph, each violation with respect to any single participant or beneficiary shall be treated as a separate violation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02D43206C8E944669A5495B563616DA4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amendments to public health service act</header><text>Section 2701(f) of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 300gg(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="HAF9ACE07F90E494894EB099F72B7BDF6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rules for application in case of medicaid and chip</header>
<subparagraph id="HE47E4868561C4B48AFF0665520FD1835"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan, shall permit an employee who is eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage under the terms of the plan (or a dependent of such an employee if the dependent is eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage under such terms) to enroll for coverage under the terms of the plan if either of the following conditions is met:</text>
<clause id="H5E394DBEAB2C484B81819763669E8412"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Termination of medicaid or chip coverage</header><text>The employee or dependent is covered under a Medicaid plan under title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> or under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act and coverage of the employee or dependent under such a plan is terminated as a result of loss of eligibility for such coverage and the employee requests coverage under the group health plan (or health insurance coverage) not later than 60 days after the date of termination of such coverage.</text></clause>
<clause id="HD84C6331E3EA4100BD130257738AD1C5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Eligibility for employment assistance under medicaid or chip</header><text>The employee or dependent becomes eligible for assistance, with respect to coverage under the group health plan or health insurance coverage, under such Medicaid plan or State child health plan (including under any waiver or demonstration project conducted under or in relation to such a plan), if the employee requests coverage under the group health plan or health insurance coverage not later than 60 days after the date the employee or dependent is determined to be eligible for such assistance.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0BC825AABF714910A206A9CAA5B9CD33"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Coordination with medicaid and chip</header>
<clause id="HF210106F17FD4FE28541C03FE619D111"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Outreach to employees regarding availability of medicaid and chip coverage</header>
<subclause id="HF11D3A3A36034052A1547628C30A8939"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each employer that maintains a group health plan in a State that provides medical assistance under a State Medicaid plan under title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>, or child health assistance under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act, in the form of premium assistance for the purchase of coverage under a group health plan, shall provide to each employee a written notice informing the employee of potential opportunities then currently available in the State in which the employee resides for premium assistance under such plans for health coverage of the employee or the employee’s dependents. For purposes of compliance with this subclause, the employer may use any State-specific model notice developed in accordance with section 701(f)(3)(B)(i)(II) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ERISA">Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974</act-name> (29 U.S.C. 1181(f)(3)(B)(i)(II)).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H106EAFC2C03D402CB8CA54FA32F8B908"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Option to provide concurrent with provision of plan materials to employee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employer may provide the model notice applicable to the State in which an employee resides concurrent with the furnishing of materials notifying the employee of health plan eligibility, concurrent with materials provided to the employee in connection with an open season or election process conducted under the plan, or concurrent with the furnishing of the summary plan description as provided in section 104(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ERISA">Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974</act-name>.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A719959DB53459DA1E97763E8E0FFEB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Disclosure about group health plan benefits to states for medicaid and chip eligible individuals</header><text>In the case of an enrollee in a group health plan who is covered under a Medicaid plan of a State under title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> or under a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act, the plan administrator of the group health plan shall disclose to the State, upon request, information about the benefits available under the group health plan in sufficient specificity, as determined under regulations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Secretary that require use of the model coverage coordination disclosure form developed under section 311(b)(1)(C) of the Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2009, so as to permit the State to make a determination (under paragraph (2)(B), (3), or (10) of section 2105(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> or otherwise) concerning the cost-effectiveness of the State providing medical or child health assistance through premium assistance for the purchase of coverage under such group health plan and in order for the State to provide supplemental benefits required under paragraph (10)(E) of such section or other authority.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>IV</enum><header>Strengthening Quality of Care and Health Outcomes</header>
<section id="H8FAED8F3DB08407DA4D515C6DAA513FC"><enum>401.</enum><header>Child health quality improvement activities for children enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP</header>
<subsection id="HFF73291A6F034D7BA6284B1506C0BC98"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Development of Child Health Quality Measures for Children Enrolled in Medicaid or Chip</header><text>Title XI (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1139 the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H1946E6798EAF4484B52C646018C8D185"><enum>1139A.</enum><header>Child health quality measures</header>
<subsection id="H2D6EAB13A12543BE88EB75EE7476E11F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Development of an Initial Core Set of Health Care Quality Measures for Children Enrolled in Medicaid or Chip</header>
<paragraph id="HAB345283193A424281238288196FA017"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2010, the Secretary shall identify and publish for general comment an initial, recommended core set of child health quality measures for use by State programs administered under titles XIX and XXI, health insurance issuers and managed care entities that enter into contracts with such programs, and providers of items and services under such programs.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5956F00689CD4ECFA05C92F7D0CCA637"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Identification of initial core measures</header><text>In consultation with the individuals and entities described in subsection (b)(3), the Secretary shall identify existing quality of care measures for children that are in use under public and privately sponsored health care coverage arrangements, or that are part of reporting systems that measure both the presence and duration of health insurance coverage over time.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2481912E56E248D0B7C5FE8636F50DD7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Recommendations and dissemination</header><text>Based on such existing and identified measures, the Secretary shall publish an initial core set of child health quality measures that includes (but is not limited to) the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H314ECCA6C9404A56A7DDB6677F2084FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The duration of children’s health insurance coverage over a 12-month time period.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC83484955102448FBFD73EBD27E1EB8D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The availability and effectiveness of a full range of—</text>
<clause id="H5110C9A3672349CEAE5CA1240B3F5F2C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>preventive services, treatments, and services for acute conditions, including services to promote healthy birth, prevent and treat premature birth, and detect the presence or risk of physical or mental conditions that could adversely affect growth and development; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H0EEF577C284E4472B2A7C04BB1C9782E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>treatments to correct or ameliorate the effects of physical and mental conditions, including chronic conditions, in infants, young children, school-age children, and adolescents.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H826FFE385B5E47FAAD7DBB391E80A43A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The availability of care in a range of ambulatory and inpatient health care settings in which such care is furnished.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3AF3A873552E4088B8890A0A69C40CB3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The types of measures that, taken together, can be used to estimate the overall national quality of health care for children, including children with special needs, and to perform comparative analyses of pediatric health care quality and racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in child health and health care for children.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H77C06EBC76B248849C9F29563093CFD4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Encourage voluntary and standardized reporting</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, the Secretary, in consultation with States, shall develop a standardized format for reporting information and procedures and approaches that encourage States to use the initial core measurement set to voluntarily report information regarding the quality of pediatric health care under titles XIX and XXI.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H817197E5E7C94F059528C46E6DB64066"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Adoption of best practices in implementing quality programs</header><text>The Secretary shall disseminate information to States regarding best practices among States with respect to measuring and reporting on the quality of health care for children, and shall facilitate the adoption of such best practices. In developing best practices approaches, the Secretary shall give particular attention to State measurement techniques that ensure the timeliness and accuracy of provider reporting, encourage provider reporting compliance, encourage successful quality improvement strategies, and improve efficiency in data collection using health information technology.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB87AF2B36CDA4F7F887053CE2E74CB63"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Reports to congress</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2011, and every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary shall report to Congress on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H54351135BA35476CAE95FB9795DEA3C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the status of the Secretary’s efforts to improve—</text>
<clause id="H3BFC1EECC5E848BCBA35A820409D2365"><enum>(i)</enum><text>quality related to the duration and stability of health insurance coverage for children under titles XIX and XXI;</text></clause>
<clause id="H8594CCD1B12F489AB1D1870D2C1F6FD6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the quality of children’s health care under such titles, including preventive health services, health care for acute conditions, chronic health care, and health services to ameliorate the effects of physical and mental conditions and to aid in growth and development of infants, young children, school-age children, and adolescents with special health care needs; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H1B2F769866074675BF2911E86106D06D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the quality of children’s health care under such titles across the domains of quality, including clinical quality, health care safety, family experience with health care, health care in the most integrated setting, and elimination of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in health and health care;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2F0C905388AF49F183878802847706C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the status of voluntary reporting by States under titles XIX and XXI, utilizing the initial core quality measurement set; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H30424AEC28AF4E28B74B9B7319817694"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any recommendations for legislative changes needed to improve the quality of care provided to children under titles XIX and XXI, including recommendations for quality reporting by States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD0E64C14C8F24210B18875ED84E20643"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to States to assist them in adopting and utilizing core child health quality measures in administering the State plans under titles XIX and XXI.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC2D757CD0C82457EAD684A759E8CA75D"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Definition of core set</header><text>In this section, the term <term>core set</term> means a group of valid, reliable, and evidence-based quality measures that, taken together—</text>
<subparagraph id="H97A6406AD90D4DF59861E9E18490B4E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide information regarding the quality of health coverage and health care for children;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB20C6922CB0A4E2F9663879371AF0A6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>address the needs of children throughout the developmental age span; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6D7466F858214FE4A16D1483BC526C72"><enum>(C)</enum><text>allow purchasers, families, and health care providers to understand the quality of care in relation to the preventive needs of children, treatments aimed at managing and resolving acute conditions, and diagnostic and treatment services whose purpose is to correct or ameliorate physical, mental, or developmental conditions that could, if untreated or poorly treated, become chronic.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7B93AB24B2D84D3197AD0994A71D3BA2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advancing and Improving Pediatric Quality Measures</header>
<paragraph id="H8A1CB3D0A6F149008EFE1CEA2CC0C5C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment of pediatric quality measures program</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2011, the Secretary shall establish a pediatric quality measures program to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD5891DF688134C5CA562B9A3E2A3EF07"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve and strengthen the initial core child health care quality measures established by the Secretary under subsection (a);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0EE5388E60534EEDA063342E5C29E3C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expand on existing pediatric quality measures used by public and private health care purchasers and advance the development of such new and emerging quality measures; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H29D34AB67182426D839698E806F947AC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>increase the portfolio of evidence-based, consensus pediatric quality measures available to public and private purchasers of children’s health care services, providers, and consumers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H305DE1D3BF50483E9D4EA760992641D9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evidence-based measures</header><text>The measures developed under the pediatric quality measures program shall, at a minimum, be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4AACB057B549476FA6E0AC65D0069E16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evidence-based and, where appropriate, risk adjusted;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7EEA8E60A74B4794A8D7CD34D8A15E87"><enum>(B)</enum><text>designed to identify and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in child health and the provision of health care;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFBA9F7EFC6A247D29A46321903919B8C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>designed to ensure that the data required for such measures is collected and reported in a standard format that permits comparison of quality and data at a State, plan, and provider level;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCB2F08626A0C4182AC2C754920A0C427"><enum>(D)</enum><text>periodically updated; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD4F0FFF5C6144D94B284CEF4D2876072"><enum>(E)</enum><text>responsive to the child health needs, services, and domains of health care quality described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subsection (a)(6)(A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD65FC02C567740D4A40FC1658583B92D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Process for pediatric quality measures program</header><text>In identifying gaps in existing pediatric quality measures and establishing priorities for development and advancement of such measures, the Secretary shall consult with—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8458DF5DFFCF4F24958D2EA65865EB56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>States;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4EE0377B7EFE420281BDFD7D087DA700"><enum>(B)</enum><text>pediatricians, children’s hospitals, and other primary and specialized pediatric health care professionals (including members of the allied health professions) who specialize in the care and treatment of children, particularly children with special physical, mental, and developmental health care needs;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF3454DB682D24E948807DDE257ECDDAB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>dental professionals, including pediatric dental professionals;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H53D9328A4CBF453399E6558E418702B9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>health care providers that furnish primary health care to children and families who live in urban and rural medically underserved communities or who are members of distinct population sub-groups at heightened risk for poor health outcomes;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H112154A7499F492DA0206927C998AEFC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>national organizations representing children, including children with disabilities and children with chronic conditions;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E3CB393EA7046A2978C75258E5C1AE1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>national organizations representing consumers and purchasers of children’s health care;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8B6DFDD0E68046DABBFB21518B1F6817"><enum>(G)</enum><text>national organizations and individuals with expertise in pediatric health quality measurement; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE8ADDD254C4E4A80895CE5A5876CA670"><enum>(H)</enum><text>voluntary consensus standards setting organizations and other organizations involved in the advancement of evidence-based measures of health care.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD47AF675A974247B18C4414D5ABF24D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Developing, validating, and testing a portfolio of pediatric quality measures</header><text>As part of the program to advance pediatric quality measures, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC19F09B23AC146B1816CF2659219CB08"><enum>(A)</enum><text>award grants and contracts for the development, testing, and validation of new, emerging, and innovative evidence-based measures for children’s health care services across the domains of quality described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subsection (a)(6)(A); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5EE7F679510D498C9C83438A4D72DB95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>award grants and contracts for—</text>
<clause id="HE77F95DD727A4121A371993CF81B011A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the development of consensus on evidence-based measures for children’s health care services;</text></clause>
<clause id="H36A3D811652440D58DF1EF06636638A1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the dissemination of such measures to public and private purchasers of health care for children; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H4054B967C88A497993461F57840621AD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the updating of such measures as necessary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC9A01F2681E7459A9900150BBCE498D0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Revising, strengthening, and improving initial core measures</header><text>Beginning no later than January 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall publish recommended changes to the core measures described in subsection (a) that shall reflect the testing, validation, and consensus process for the development of pediatric quality measures described in subsection paragraphs (1) through (4).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H58BF5C9CAEF04150ABB2F4AA82BC31D2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Definition of pediatric quality measure</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>pediatric quality measure</term> means a measurement of clinical care that is capable of being examined through the collection and analysis of relevant information, that is developed in order to assess 1 or more aspects of pediatric health care quality in various institutional and ambulatory health care settings, including the structure of the clinical care system, the process of care, the outcome of care, or patient experiences in care.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62343A289B224587BD6C213E893D469A"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as supporting the restriction of coverage, under title XIX or XXI or otherwise, to only those services that are evidence-based.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9EA8ABB3568D4DE789465ED06FFBCF1F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual State Reports Regarding State-Specific Quality of Care Measures Applied Under Medicaid or Chip</header>
<paragraph id="HF178C374B5E146CF9922983A4A919115"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual state reports</header><text>Each State with a State plan approved under title XIX or a State child health plan approved under title XXI shall annually report to the Secretary on the—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAC15B71656B746AC95B08C0BACC64C49"><enum>(A)</enum><text>State-specific child health quality measures applied by the States under such plans, including measures described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(6); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB964E481A1EA4497B098CB5EBC9592BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>State-specific information on the quality of health care furnished to children under such plans, including information collected through external quality reviews of managed care organizations under section 1932 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 1396u–4) and benchmark plans under sections 1937 and 2103 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u–7, 1397cc).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0BA4B05379A2460C8F46BABC998FF683"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2010, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall collect, analyze, and make publicly available the information reported by States under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H84263B73247F472F9EFE019E2504C5E6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Demonstration Projects for Improving the Quality of Children’s Health Care and the Use of Health Information Technology</header>
<paragraph id="HBB9F300A29C44805A52117A2B3A5B11B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>During the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013, the Secretary shall award not more than 10 grants to States and child health providers to conduct demonstration projects to evaluate promising ideas for improving the quality of children’s health care provided under title XIX or XXI, including projects to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H63226D5366D647EBB3E3219A0C708C71"><enum>(A)</enum><text>experiment with, and evaluate the use of, new measures of the quality of children’s health care under such titles (including testing the validity and suitability for reporting of such measures);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H94E06E3206C94C0DA8CBD929FD5AC555"><enum>(B)</enum><text>promote the use of health information technology in care delivery for children under such titles;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1C88D23C9B0D46CB8130E0316EC04B1F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>evaluate provider-based models which improve the delivery of children’s health care services under such titles, including care management for children with chronic conditions and the use of evidence-based approaches to improve the effectiveness, safety, and efficiency of health care services for children; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF9869E2162A34CA89FFA261AE6F41351"><enum>(D)</enum><text>demonstrate the impact of the model electronic health record format for children developed and disseminated under subsection (f) on improving pediatric health, including the effects of chronic childhood health conditions, and pediatric health care quality as well as reducing health care costs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9FF89D7979674CB0BAAA2ACB204F22E3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H810EC9F0AFC0401D9CBC1B75EED47546"><enum>(A)</enum><text>only 1 demonstration project funded under a grant awarded under this subsection shall be conducted in a State; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB948A800D214093867773598C2E8D2A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>demonstration projects funded under grants awarded under this subsection shall be conducted evenly between States with large urban areas and States with large rural areas.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H77BD2236CC7444558DF9330E9A08AAB7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authority for multistate projects</header><text>A demonstration project conducted with a grant awarded under this subsection may be conducted on a multistate basis, as needed.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56C898A91D984BBFBC0A860045A9E420"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>$20,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection (i) for a fiscal year shall be used to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4AE8378C2C8945E399170AF028A72993"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project</header>
<paragraph id="H59DFD8C5A5494941A2EBC247641D31F0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority to conduct demonstration</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall conduct a demonstration project to develop a comprehensive and systematic model for reducing childhood obesity by awarding grants to eligible entities to carry out such project. Such model shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4563F7C4088649A2808EB6E159948DBF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify, through self-assessment, behavioral risk factors for obesity among children;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0850A0C83BF64BB391DED7D4D9C84C68"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify, through self-assessment, needed clinical preventive and screening benefits among those children identified as target individuals on the basis of such risk factors;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H59AC1A8E594C4FA0BDFEA05ECF6DB5BE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide ongoing support to such target individuals and their families to reduce risk factors and promote the appropriate use of preventive and screening benefits; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD8914C02129E44909AC3F6C5B4E1E072"><enum>(D)</enum><text>be designed to improve health outcomes, satisfaction, quality of life, and appropriate use of items and services for which medical assistance is available under title XIX or child health assistance is available under title XXI among such target individuals.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H910CC85B6B244D7893645B04C253D031"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility entities</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, an eligible entity is any of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H83F408D8C6D149D2927229C13BAEFFAA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A city, county, or Indian tribe.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3C85DE3B089C455A92D8D3056E4F41A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A local or tribal educational agency.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD11E4A67C4744F37AFBEC7D3CE697137"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An accredited university, college, or community college.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1489DC44F04A4B02A6548DE8B0E7207C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A Federally-qualified health center.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD80DD064274E426EB86D2A18CE64EC53"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A local health department.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCAF3CD2736BD4A8295C365CC19C5916C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A health care provider.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCD63774F4F2C465DBAD4731D25C2265E"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A community-based organization.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1860284661C04549989DFE16BD779ABE"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Any other entity determined appropriate by the Secretary, including a consortia or partnership of entities described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (G).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C822BA09B234925A67D29537E29BB9F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>An eligible entity awarded a grant under this subsection shall use the funds made available under the grant to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8882226C6A1348CCB9B6944560D74B94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carry out community-based activities related to reducing childhood obesity, including by—</text>
<clause id="HF172450F4BD34DDFB6440E37207BF02C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>forming partnerships with entities, including schools and other facilities providing recreational services, to establish programs for after school and weekend community activities that are designed to reduce childhood obesity;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC90605C44A594204AF6A2D765B73C007"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>forming partnerships with daycare facilities to establish programs that promote healthy eating behaviors and physical activity; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H883A6A9287314438BD18D98823EC771C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>developing and evaluating community educational activities targeting good nutrition and promoting healthy eating behaviors;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCAA84672608D4B6AA7279F2814F20B1B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>carry out age-appropriate school-based activities that are designed to reduce childhood obesity, including by—</text>
<clause id="H4D81E29787944566B9443E19DBA3F919"><enum>(i)</enum><text>developing and testing educational curricula and intervention programs designed to promote healthy eating behaviors and habits in youth, which may include—</text>
<subclause id="H1B9BA52BB6404D31A1BA8900674AD4C2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>after hours physical activity programs; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H9EADDF2E9305460397B3C0DEF651D29E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>science-based interventions with multiple components to prevent eating disorders including nutritional content, understanding and responding to hunger and satiety, positive body image development, positive self-esteem development, and learning life skills (such as stress management, communication skills, problemsolving and decisionmaking skills), as well as consideration of cultural and developmental issues, and the role of family, school, and community;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H73C61E0B468F4BB3A820FC77D63A0514"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing education and training to educational professionals regarding how to promote a healthy lifestyle and a healthy school environment for children;</text></clause>
<clause id="H0EAABD94C7F34BE2A4A197E1B827A37D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>planning and implementing a healthy lifestyle curriculum or program with an emphasis on healthy eating behaviors and physical activity; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HE86A232B5453416EB32108AA39A8A6D8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>planning and implementing healthy lifestyle classes or programs for parents or guardians, with an emphasis on healthy eating behaviors and physical activity for children;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H08183243D8F74B56B7D7048E8CD948D3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>carry out educational, counseling, promotional, and training activities through the local health care delivery systems including by—</text>
<clause id="HF4A98DC2FC3E4FFD8E1316C2C97158BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promoting healthy eating behaviors and physical activity services to treat or prevent eating disorders, being overweight, and obesity;</text></clause>
<clause id="HD95B03D651ED469FBA0232CA0048A0CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing patient education and counseling to increase physical activity and promote healthy eating behaviors;</text></clause>
<clause id="H6BA371826CDB435D8550439F1903F39A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>training health professionals on how to identify and treat obese and overweight individuals which may include nutrition and physical activity counseling; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H98D74CD058624E90AC34B49BFA7E2548"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>providing community education by a health professional on good nutrition and physical activity to develop a better understanding of the relationship between diet, physical activity, and eating disorders, obesity, or being overweight; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H35CBB26A59424E7C8BB6DFCE3384E4D4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide, through qualified health professionals, training and supervision for community health workers to—</text>
<clause id="HDEF767C8DC0F44D39271726D20F01DF8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>educate families regarding the relationship between nutrition, eating habits, physical activity, and obesity;</text></clause>
<clause id="HB9FDCA6A3CF9418A877AD299FE9F135B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>educate families about effective strategies to improve nutrition, establish healthy eating patterns, and establish appropriate levels of physical activity; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HDCF34623DAA745ACAA93D8B00542E162"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>educate and guide parents regarding the ability to model and communicate positive health behaviors.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE14BBCA411C4BB9AD4D9BAD7BB4850B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In awarding grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to awarding grants to eligible entities—</text>
<subparagraph id="H75900E49768C4218964D5F3A9C39440B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that demonstrate that they have previously applied successfully for funds to carry out activities that seek to promote individual and community health and to prevent the incidence of chronic disease and that can cite published and peer-reviewed research demonstrating that the activities that the entities propose to carry out with funds made available under the grant are effective;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCC6EB665882740929AF365EACB65D15A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that will carry out programs or activities that seek to accomplish a goal or goals set by the State in the Healthy People 2010 plan of the State;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB71DBF059999402E9B51507145C00275"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that provide non-Federal contributions, either in cash or in-kind, to the costs of funding activities under the grants;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6C56FF14C3514C6AADEC711E1886BE14"><enum>(D)</enum><text>that develop comprehensive plans that include a strategy for extending program activities developed under grants in the years following the fiscal years for which they receive grants under this subsection;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5F53FCF89A5A48D2B1F3A97CC982877A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>located in communities that are medically underserved, as determined by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6E99DD9D1547423A885B3517068242F1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>located in areas in which the average poverty rate is at least 150 percent or higher of the average poverty rate in the State involved, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF7B7CEC52F0745D8AD1457B81A409A52"><enum>(G)</enum><text>that submit plans that exhibit multisectoral, cooperative conduct that includes the involvement of a broad range of stakeholders, including—</text>
<clause id="H9AE9F8CFADC4474FA41B87681208AC03"><enum>(i)</enum><text>community-based organizations;</text></clause>
<clause id="HEC777899D01C423588A45B0356B73FEF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>local governments;</text></clause>
<clause id="H82824FEA187A41AF8EBD08D5B103607B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>local educational agencies;</text></clause>
<clause id="HD471859FA6804F6B97CC0C126129121A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the private sector;</text></clause>
<clause id="H4BDFFA9969DE447095FA5AF230213AC9"><enum>(v)</enum><text>State or local departments of health;</text></clause>
<clause id="HCC5C506316AD436DBB6B414FF48BAFB7"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>accredited colleges, universities, and community colleges;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC1D0DD2AFEA24696A97244D86599BFD4"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>health care providers;</text></clause>
<clause id="HA8CCC9E6FE234F86941D021A188E35A3"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>State and local departments of transportation and city planning; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HA5626FD2FF3C4608A8E7A2711BD63FF2"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>other entities determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA8AAE0EBC3B64219A897AA8A5A0F94E6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Program design</header>
<subparagraph id="HE351AC8ECF784467A004275C2257E007"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial design</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, the Secretary shall design the demonstration project. The demonstration should draw upon promising, innovative models and incentives to reduce behavioral risk factors. The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall consult with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Director of the Office of Minority Health, the heads of other agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services, and such professional organizations, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, on the design, conduct, and evaluation of the demonstration.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6A3BF35B0A184A02BC1994E5A8DECA2B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Number and project areas</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, the Secretary shall award 1 grant that is specifically designed to determine whether programs similar to programs to be conducted by other grantees under this subsection should be implemented with respect to the general population of children who are eligible for child health assistance under State child health plans under title XXI in order to reduce the incidence of childhood obesity among such population.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF25FB82C7914E729410814316A3C678"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report to congress</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date the Secretary implements the demonstration project under this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes the project, evaluates the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the project, evaluates the beneficiary satisfaction under the project, and includes any such other information as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7FABEDB82D884F2C9B819F70E643C4E8"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="H4FDF2725E672481E9C95DF7A6912170F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Federally-qualified health center</header><text>The term <term>Federally-qualified health center</term> has the meaning given that term in section 1905(l)(2)(B).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4D757FBE12024CE0AE5827BE602547FE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the <act-name parsable-cite="IHCIA">Indian Health Care Improvement Act</act-name> (25 U.S.C. 1603).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC8103DF731884B27A21F47F45BC5BD09"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Self-assessment</header><text>The term <term>self-assessment</term> means a form that—</text>
<clause id="H72ED7647717E4221ADB8A0A2636FE93B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>includes questions regarding—</text>
<subclause id="HDF46ED73BE344D8FBA9CDA1CB5628BF5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>behavioral risk factors;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H47D4A74C7F1741D1A8FEA69C41A2A566"><enum>(II)</enum><text>needed preventive and screening services; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HEA84760E86B94DDE97DEC717BF513230"><enum>(III)</enum><text>target individuals’ preferences for receiving follow-up information;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H51C0D9E1FC204BF69EC5AAD87E857DBE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is assessed using such computer generated assessment programs; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H830A0A0E97F6440E9912FA44CBE81359"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>allows for the provision of such ongoing support to the individual as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H620408CCE1F14938B82C4B077B6DE0EA"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Ongoing support</header><text>The term <term>ongoing support</term> means—</text>
<clause id="HC4F1690FC11E4B5786516C13A8C80E29"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to provide any target individual with information, feedback, health coaching, and recommendations regarding—</text>
<subclause id="H1AA32835C1E441F39FDBEFF0A089463F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the results of a self-assessment given to the individual;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H4B6AFC1C40424F2B912C0342D8A67309"><enum>(II)</enum><text>behavior modification based on the self-assessment; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H77C2071761EA4F2E8536DB92A47EB8EA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any need for clinical preventive and screening services or treatment including medical nutrition therapy;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HB9E6B40157E2478FA2A90912BD451516"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to provide any target individual with referrals to community resources and programs available to assist the target individual in reducing health risks; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H26F46318614848DE976BA5EF97026508"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to provide the information described in clause (i) to a health care provider, if designated by the target individual to receive such information.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDB422D2C59814A64B1923533880E4938"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection, $25,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H19C24A3A531D41C09DB107C444D1658B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Development of Model Electronic Health Record Format for Children Enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP</header>
<paragraph id="HFD863699C85E4EC29D6516D7B180BBFA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2010, the Secretary shall establish a program to encourage the development and dissemination of a model electronic health record format for children enrolled in the State plan under title XIX or the State child health plan under title XXI that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF906747379914F39BEC1728C296C943F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>subject to State laws, accessible to parents, caregivers, and other consumers for the sole purpose of demonstrating compliance with school or leisure activity requirements, such as appropriate immunizations or physicals;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC1F1ABAB19A94E148169EEE8ED370179"><enum>(B)</enum><text>designed to allow interoperable exchanges that conform with Federal and State privacy and security requirements;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H90DD9A855BDF44F5970F2257883DD89A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>structured in a manner that permits parents and caregivers to view and understand the extent to which the care their children receive is clinically appropriate and of high quality; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H23E0E04D65D64BDF9F109E7EB0193C6D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>capable of being incorporated into, and otherwise compatible with, other standards developed for electronic health records.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9B3458D3F22F432AA18F9968F89008B9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>$5,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection (i) for a fiscal year shall be used to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H25C25275B221429086F5247385FF6A37"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Study of Pediatric Health and Health Care Quality Measures</header>
<paragraph id="HD743986789E94966A33C5432EA01D10B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than July 1, 2010, the Institute of Medicine shall study and report to Congress on the extent and quality of efforts to measure child health status and the quality of health care for children across the age span and in relation to preventive care, treatments for acute conditions, and treatments aimed at ameliorating or correcting physical, mental, and developmental conditions in children. In conducting such study and preparing such report, the Institute of Medicine shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE120139DB6B45C383ABAB45269455D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consider all of the major national population-based reporting systems sponsored by the Federal Government that are currently in place, including reporting requirements under Federal grant programs and national population surveys and estimates conducted directly by the Federal Government;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFD69AEBDBA1447489CBF35B7A3194795"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify the information regarding child health and health care quality that each system is designed to capture and generate, the study and reporting periods covered by each system, and the extent to which the information so generated is made widely available through publication;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFA8397A757D44C5EAECEFF99F1D52A37"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify gaps in knowledge related to children’s health status, health disparities among subgroups of children, the effects of social conditions on children’s health status and use and effectiveness of health care, and the relationship between child health status and family income, family stability and preservation, and children’s school readiness and educational achievement and attainment; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE566089E16BD4DE5AA0033566B406552"><enum>(D)</enum><text>make recommendations regarding improving and strengthening the timeliness, quality, and public transparency and accessibility of information about child health and health care quality.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F72784F9B9F472CB20703477253FECA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Up to $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection (i) for a fiscal year shall be used to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBCEFB046E6CA423185C42FB129E57BA6"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Rule of Construction</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, no evidence based quality measure developed, published, or used as a basis of measurement or reporting under this section may be used to establish an irrebuttable presumption regarding either the medical necessity of care or the maximum permissible coverage for any individual child who is eligible for and receiving medical assistance under title XIX or child health assistance under title XXI.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HED6520CD55444E4EA0BCC7FC91BAF613"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Appropriation</header><text>Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013, $45,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out this section (other than subsection (e)). Funds appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HE877C14B083C4519B9FA8E0A47DA504C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Increased Matching Rate for Collecting and Reporting on Child Health Measures</header><text>Section 1903(a)(3)(A) (42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)(3)(A)), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6830885E20DC458497A7A30F8BA2F018"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (i); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBCE7F07D87E64216939963A1E099A069"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block id="H45EA408404C84FC9A111AA9974927DE6" style="OLC">
<clause id="H6ED7D41B031741F79AF57F2AF66E1FB5" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an amount equal to the Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in section 1905(b)) of so much of the sums expended during such quarter (as found necessary by the Secretary for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan) as are attributable to such developments or modifications of systems of the type described in clause (i) as are necessary for the efficient collection and reporting on child health measures; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14FE56D51B8C41D0B68622C0BA7B83B4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Improved availability of public information regarding enrollment of children in CHIP and Medicaid</header>
<subsection id="H67030D24B7C94F67A4C19C7786375615"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inclusion of Process and Access Measures in Annual State Reports</header><text>Section 2108 (42 U.S.C. 1397hh) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCF995FA4AE0543B8A303122CE8A4EEFE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>The State</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to subsection (e), the State</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3499A4EF3BD642E0A481E2D44D71912B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFF47B0E955734BF8B9DB500CDF3659AB" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8F82D4E6F72C41E49C9E4D4975724BB6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Information Required for Inclusion in State Annual Report</header><text>The State shall include the following information in the annual report required under subsection (a):</text>
<paragraph id="HBF393862CF5F476D90000296AFFDE4D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Eligibility criteria, enrollment, and retention data (including data with respect to continuity of coverage or duration of benefits).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0CEBCFAF02A94CB98DC8E15829AA02D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Data regarding the extent to which the State uses process measures with respect to determining the eligibility of children under the State child health plan, including measures such as 12-month continuous eligibility, self-declaration of income for applications or renewals, or presumptive eligibility.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H66D4D4F1397F414193EFF1F0F7C88A56"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Data regarding denials of eligibility and redeterminations of eligibility.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC25FD3AE5DA94FE1B04BC6C482ABEE1C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Data regarding access to primary and specialty services, access to networks of care, and care coordination provided under the State child health plan, using quality care and consumer satisfaction measures included in the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) survey.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7DE2B36DC06E449E91C1EED31D80D39C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>If the State provides child health assistance in the form of premium assistance for the purchase of coverage under a group health plan, data regarding the provision of such assistance, including the extent to which employer-sponsored health insurance coverage is available for children eligible for child health assistance under the State child health plan, the range of the monthly amount of such assistance provided on behalf of a child or family, the number of children or families provided such assistance on a monthly basis, the income of the children or families provided such assistance, the benefits and cost-sharing protection provided under the State child health plan to supplement the coverage purchased with such premium assistance, the effective strategies the State engages in to reduce any administrative barriers to the provision of such assistance, and, the effects, if any, of the provision of such assistance on preventing the coverage provided under the State child health plan from substituting for coverage provided under employer-sponsored health insurance offered in the State.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6AFB910708884160841303CCF1B35DE9"><enum>(6)</enum><text>To the extent applicable, a description of any State activities that are designed to reduce the number of uncovered children in the State, including through a State health insurance connector program or support for innovative private health coverage initiatives.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2C83181CFBF04461B1CAF8C696C77AF2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standardized reporting format</header>
<paragraph id="H16E5C4789BBD474CA469E156EA2EA07C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall specify a standardized format for States to use for reporting the information required under section 2108(e) of the Social Security Act, as added by subsection (a)(2).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13CBE65E3646443CBED7DB86E63D58C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transition period for states</header><text>Each State that is required to submit a report under subsection (a) of section 2108 of the Social Security Act that includes the information required under subsection (e) of such section may use up to 3 reporting periods to transition to the reporting of such information in accordance with the standardized format specified by the Secretary under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6F0721463BF451BABF77E0D14CFBEA4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional Funding for the Secretary To Improve Timeliness of Data Reporting and Analysis for Purposes of Determining Enrollment Increases Under Medicaid and CHIP</header>
<paragraph id="H0F96C0F4AD6A4A5F9E26F4152D961BC5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriation</header><text>There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000 to the Secretary for fiscal year 2009 for the purpose of improving the timeliness of the data reported and analyzed from the Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS) for purposes of providing more timely data on enrollment and eligibility of children under Medicaid and CHIP and to provide guidance to States with respect to any new reporting requirements related to such improvements. Amounts appropriated under this paragraph shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H97504E4FA6984DD3A743F3923130D8F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The improvements made by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be designed and implemented (including with respect to any necessary guidance for States to report such information in a complete and expeditious manner) so that, beginning no later than October 1, 2009, data regarding the enrollment of low-income children (as defined in section 2110(c)(4) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 1397jj(c)(4)) of a State enrolled in the State plan under Medicaid or the State child health plan under CHIP with respect to a fiscal year shall be collected and analyzed by the Secretary within 6 months of submission.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1D6897A9C28043F69BC324EB6A0CCA49"><enum>(d)</enum><header>GAO Study and Report on Access to Primary and Speciality Services</header>
<paragraph id="H9FA90052E6B042A897FB3C007432A984"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of children’s access to primary and specialty services under Medicaid and CHIP, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H89E37B83B41443BB80BDDC77461CAA2C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the extent to which providers are willing to treat children eligible for such programs;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H676F8FAA292B4E199D128244CC067BDE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information on such children’s access to networks of care;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD5BA40968732488E9E4137990FEAA4B2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>geographic availability of primary and specialty services under such programs;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H91DCBC0930404C358B5AB0E6E82DA0A5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the extent to which care coordination is provided for children’s care under Medicaid and CHIP; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE9198FDFB0FA455A87982DE7F762E2AA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>as appropriate, information on the degree of availability of services for children under such programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF4BF22A0ADE4BCD875DC788CF5B114B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives on the study conducted under paragraph (1) that includes recommendations for such Federal and State legislative and administrative changes as the Comptroller General determines are necessary to address any barriers to access to children’s care under Medicaid and CHIP that may exist.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4AFE6ED4618F4D008B74790E51723E26" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header>Application of certain managed care quality safeguards to CHIP</header>
<subsection id="H3DAC76B200BA481AB0CFA5E46DCCDEDA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2103(f) of Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397bb(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H82D640A9689F417E95043B4F408AF482"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance with managed care requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State child health plan shall provide for the application of subsections (a)(4), (a)(5), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of section 1932 (relating to requirements for managed care) to coverage, State agencies, enrollment brokers, managed care entities, and managed care organizations under this title in the same manner as such subsections apply to coverage and such entities and organizations under title XIX.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFBEA321FA8D4879A4890BD595936425"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to contract years for health plans beginning on or after July 1, 2009.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>V</enum><header>Improving Access to Benefits</header>
<section id="HB3A2F062937B460B92936FCCF27EC340"><enum>501.</enum><header>Dental benefits</header>
<subsection id="HF025540250FF43C59576906C1650252B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coverage</header>
<paragraph id="HDD2250184C6742038BD549C0B204C283"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 2103 (42 U.S.C. 1397cc) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H771CAA5CE13C453D8444A727C05D82E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<clause id="H681B1832FE974D918944C2F5294D3770"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subsection (c)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (5) and (7) of subsection (c)</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H048998F8CC794AB494A0F10EF65B7669"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>at least</quote> after <quote>that is</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8B046C5BDD5E4505B16A0A9B86001D47"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<clause id="H6E3CF2BEDBFF447A89336581D17FF4EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (7); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H44ED5F12341C433BBA638ED0C819E4FC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4), the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H792D130B0ED94E31A6C3271D32D37553"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Dental benefits</header>
<subparagraph id="H31806836EC624AE2ACDC29C97335D681"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The child health assistance provided to a targeted low-income child shall include coverage of dental services necessary to prevent disease and promote oral health, restore oral structures to health and function, and treat emergency conditions.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAB41094D12EA460A8B399500E02D9C53"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Permitting use of dental benchmark plans by certain States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may elect to meet the requirement of subparagraph (A) through dental coverage that is equivalent to a benchmark dental benefit package described in subparagraph (C).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3F9A2D20F20B4F56B918708AE3D635EF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Benchmark Dental Benefit Packages</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The benchmark dental benefit packages are as follows:</text>
<clause id="H0808D33F9CBC40ADA0FDD8E33AABB914"><enum>(i)</enum><header>FEHBP children’s dental coverage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A dental benefits plan under chapter 89A of title 5, United States Code, that has been selected most frequently by employees seeking dependent coverage, among such plans that provide such dependent coverage, in either of the previous 2 plan years.</text></clause>
<clause id="H458B06D45A3E4DCD84F239CBFFA01250"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>State employee dependent dental coverage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A dental benefits plan that is offered and generally available to State employees in the State involved and that has been selected most frequently by employees seeking dependent coverage, among such plans that provide such dependent coverage, in either of the previous 2 plan years.</text></clause>
<clause id="HD6F99D7D5A9C42A7BDCAF948BAB2BBDD"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Coverage offered through commercial dental plan</header><text>A dental benefits plan that has the largest insured commercial, non-medicaid enrollment of dependent covered lives of such plans that is offered in the State involved.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED28E9B1C44545349CF0D7EA603C0B66"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assuring access to care</header><text>Section 2102(a)(7)(B) (42 U.S.C. 1397bb(c)(2)) is amended by inserting <quote>and services described in section 2103(c)(5)</quote> after <quote>emergency services</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H688E542FF19140F0878D41C15932A950"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall apply to coverage of items and services furnished on or after October 1, 2009.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4B1704FE0BF64ED6B77BD85D3AF0E662"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State option To provide dental-only supplemental coverage</header>
<paragraph id="H3C5F2CC21A294EC594ECF6317BDB3B0F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 2110(b) (42 U.S.C. 1397jj(b)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD70AD626806445B5982F005BD57C0223"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting <quote>, subject to paragraph (5),</quote> after <quote>under title XIX or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA5BFE84A28EA4FE5ABB8B0417BF020CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H57A9C58054DA496AB77642AB5F91A927"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Option for States with a separate CHIP program to provide dental-only supplemental coverage</header>
<subparagraph id="H33AA59BCC21C472FB97CBAC34B64B8D8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), in the case of any child who is enrolled in a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered through an employer who would, but for the application of paragraph (1)(C), satisfy the requirements for being a targeted low-income child under a State child health plan that is implemented under this title, a State may waive the application of such paragraph to the child in order to provide—</text>
<clause id="H59123A3260F644B5A00BDEFE0D853446"><enum>(i)</enum><text>dental coverage consistent with the requirements of subsection (c)(5) of section 2103; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H4088DC3B7235447F9D3D6558259869B0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>cost-sharing protection for dental coverage consistent with such requirements and the requirements of subsection (e)(3)(B) of such section.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H61D00C2DEE14418F974CFB4A28975538"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A State may limit the application of a waiver of paragraph (1)(C) to children whose family income does not exceed a level specified by the State, so long as the level so specified does not exceed the maximum income level otherwise established for other children under the State child health plan.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H10C0C97FA7F34E80919981B8883F1BBA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>A State may not offer dental-only supplemental coverage under this paragraph unless the State satisfies the following conditions:</text>
<clause id="HD6C4D2BA491248E59EE58A667BC1007B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Income eligibility</header><text>The State child health plan under this title—</text>
<subclause id="H527A6F7B9C934711B7818CE0CD539BA9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has the highest income eligibility standard permitted under this title (or a waiver) as of January 1, 2009;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HDC41A49667F5464298C7B2E96A66F7B5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>does not limit the acceptance of applications for children or impose any numerical limitation, waiting list, or similar limitation on the eligibility of such children for child health assistance under such State plan; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H975D6A9CEF6D493289010010F4AD3D56"><enum>(III)</enum><text>provides benefits to all children in the State who apply for and meet eligibility standards.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H646F5082DF6F4EF8B50BB1B9527AE9F8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>No more favorable treatment</header><text>The State child health plan may not provide more favorable dental coverage or cost-sharing protection for dental coverage to children provided dental-only supplemental coverage under this paragraph than the dental coverage and cost-sharing protection for dental coverage provided to targeted low-income children who are eligible for the full range of child health assistance provided under the State child health plan.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAE29FCCD0B87486C9B939D7FBFC7FCE7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State option to waive waiting period</header><text>Section 2102(b)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 1397bb(b)(1)(B)), as amended by section 111(b)(2), is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4580D07C878B4A3D844B6BCF27E4656F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC6334D3E5E48489B95190563ADE3D38C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H27ADCEE9BFE544629459C78F63DACCEE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="HA2ED0C1625784A25A73BF03B9E5D5F9E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>at State option, may not apply a waiting period in the case of a child provided dental-only supplemental coverage under section 2110(b)(5).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H19DD58E0ED3D48E1BF8994B10320FF50"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Dental education for parents of newborns</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall develop and implement, through entities that fund or provide perinatal care services to targeted low-income children under a State child health plan under title XXI of the Social Security Act, a program to deliver oral health educational materials that inform new parents about risks for, and prevention of, early childhood caries and the need for a dental visit within their newborn’s first year of life.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H99B6FFFF29644AB8A831E861C5326BC5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Provision of dental services through FQHCs</header>
<paragraph id="HCE77915298B341FFB86D87746259EF3B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Medicaid</header><text>Section 1902(a) (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDA02816502FE404C9F70C8362C8E0AFB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (70);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6F73E4AE900E4C5EB6D41A8A308315F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (71) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA4A7B396F7784B4EBD45D5AA0C870E9F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (71) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H8ED4FB27B59E44E1B89C62138E3CEA70"><enum>(72)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide that the State will not prevent a Federally-qualified health center from entering into contractual relationships with private practice dental providers in the provision of Federally-qualified health center services.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1AC0764348124DDF8D9EBF17A151B0EF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>CHIP</header><text>Section 2107(e)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1397g(e)(1)), as amended by subsections (a)(2) and (d)(2) of section 203, is amended by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph (and redesignating the succeeding subparagraphs accordingly):</text>
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<subparagraph id="HEA2B0613AF25460393006D5767ACF967"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 1902(a)(72) (relating to limiting FQHC contracting for provision of dental services).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H79495BE3BA25451B89121F527A9C1EDE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on January 1, 2009.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8365479F11924F53BC7DC148430A4F2E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting information on dental health</header>
<paragraph id="HFD27305CCCC6426DABF3EA126C566E0B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Medicaid</header><text>Section 1902(a)(43)(D)(iii) (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(43)(D)(iii)) is amended by inserting <quote>and other information relating to the provision of dental services to such children described in section 2108(e)</quote> after <quote>receiving dental services,</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE07D3165FAFC415E9F3FBC0C6F264B32"><enum>(2)</enum><header>CHIP</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2108 (42 U.S.C. 1397hh) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H483D0B76254C43659ADD706A467E83F6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Information on dental care for children</header>
<paragraph id="H30A74B7F7F044A3194AA9A3FFC5FBD5B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each annual report under subsection (a) shall include the following information with respect to care and services described in section 1905(r)(3) provided to targeted low-income children enrolled in the State child health plan under this title at any time during the year involved:</text>
<subparagraph id="H3424C0DA5F374F3B8DA2629B5DE7F3E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of enrolled children by age grouping used for reporting purposes under section 1902(a)(43).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H27B59FE5C7024AF6AC0985D843079BF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For children within each such age grouping, information of the type contained in questions 12(a)–(c) of CMS Form 416 (that consists of the number of enrolled targeted low income children who receive any, preventive, or restorative dental care under the State plan).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E2C99FFCD4241B7BD84183CFF2CA732"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For the age grouping that includes children 8 years of age, the number of such children who have received a protective sealant on at least one permanent molar tooth.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7D6806C988DE4AB5B233CE12CF7CF98F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusion of information on enrollees in managed care plans</header><text>The information under paragraph (1) shall include information on children who are enrolled in managed care plans and other private health plans and contracts with such plans under this title shall provide for the reporting of such information by such plans to the State.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F526B189E7D4843A00891A0B8888FF1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this subsection shall be effective for annual reports submitted for years beginning after date of enactment.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDDC884C0400C4889992354DA13A65763"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Improved Accessibility of Dental Provider Information to Enrollees Under Medicaid and CHIP</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H8C1ACA2324F1473E9834D2D7F27C8BAB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">work with States, pediatric dentists, and other dental providers (including providers that are, or are affiliated with, a school of dentistry) to include, not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, on the Insure Kids Now website (http://www.insurekidsnow.gov/) and hotline (1–877–KIDS–NOW) (or on any successor websites or hotlines) a current and accurate list of all such dentists and providers within each State that provide dental services to children enrolled in the State plan (or waiver) under Medicaid or the State child health plan (or waiver) under CHIP, and shall ensure that such list is updated at least quarterly; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA192C69424B74CC3B54FEFEB5623DD64"><enum>(2)</enum><text>work with States to include, not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, a description of the dental services provided under each State plan (or waiver) under Medicaid and each State child health plan (or waiver) under CHIP on such Insure Kids Now website, and shall ensure that such list is updated at least annually.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAF04AD7CBBC148EABC10166551C35EDF"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Inclusion of Status of Efforts To Improve Dental Care in Reports on the Quality of Children’s Health Care Under Medicaid and CHIP</header><text>Section 1139A(a), as added by section 401(a), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7091E4DD61F7477F957378C8AA438A4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by inserting <quote>and, with respect to dental care, conditions requiring the restoration of teeth, relief of pain and infection, and maintenance of dental health</quote> after <quote>chronic conditions</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC39CB4E759CE408E831B17AB3D38F57A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)(A)(ii), by inserting <quote>dental care,</quote> after <quote>preventive health services,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB05232D39653459D8CD97EB4E92AA414"><enum>(h)</enum><header>GAO study and report</header>
<paragraph id="H2EF342916B264FFC85B8B03BABB232DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall provide for a study that examines—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0F501EE36FFF4976885B6BA7D23647B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>access to dental services by children in underserved areas;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H164532D14DA641E1B179973880F69036"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">children’s access to oral health care, including preventive and restorative services, under Medicaid and CHIP, including—</text>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAED180275AC6444780C6306601346406"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the extent to which dental providers are willing to treat children eligible for such programs;</text></clause>
<clause id="HDDB786ADB0994524B6D4645454E41C13"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information on such children’s access to networks of care, including such networks that serve special needs children; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H8661A94C05C64A818EBC974CB548ECAF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>geographic availability of oral health care, including preventive and restorative services, under such programs; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA68B8D509BD04D30B9461A62E5048870"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the feasibility and appropriateness of using qualified mid-level dental health providers, in coordination with dentists, to improve access for children to oral health services and public health overall.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA6E340D6D6543358DC71A7BEF9D37CF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under paragraph (1). The report shall include recommendations for such Federal and State legislative and administrative changes as the Comptroller General determines are necessary to address any barriers to access to oral health care, including preventive and restorative services, under Medicaid and CHIP that may exist.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H619234AEC236417EB13C6AA5874BA597" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header>Mental health parity in CHIP plans</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3028E88982CA44349DEAAE4CAC636974"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assurance of Parity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2103(c) (42 U.S.C. 1397cc(c)), as amended by section 501(a)(1)(B), is amended by inserting after paragraph (5), the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H7206D31998F3498E87C569C6C766D029"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Mental health services parity</header>
<subparagraph id="H63C4C2DC17984AFABD3F74139700DC4B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a State child health plan that provides both medical and surgical benefits and mental health or substance use disorder benefits, such plan shall ensure that the financial requirements and treatment limitations applicable to such mental health or substance use disorder benefits comply with the requirements of section 2705(a) of the Public Health Service Act in the same manner as such requirements apply to a group health plan.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H87F001958F754A6CABB46F1571A48262"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Deemed compliance</header><text>To the extent that a State child health plan includes coverage with respect to an individual described in section 1905(a)(4)(B) and covered under the State plan under section 1902(a)(10)(A) of the services described in section 1905(a)(4)(B) (relating to early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services defined in section 1905(r)) and provided in accordance with section 1902(a)(43), such plan shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3A1FC80687FF4DA6957B07138EBDFEBD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming Amendments</header><text>Section 2103 (42 U.S.C. 1397cc) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4B00B62EEF57477AB8E91D8719E46C59"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), as amended by section 501(a)(1)(A)(i), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, (6),</quote> after <quote>(5)</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF22E78F07AF04FA6AC2A060D6D35E0E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2), by striking subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5C283CD11CF427DB2BC6C6A957C4C8C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>503.</enum><header>Application of prospective payment system for services provided by Federally-qualified health centers and rural health clinics</header>
<subsection id="HB34EAB8949EB44FDBAB6E732AF0E8201"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application of Prospective Payment System</header>
<paragraph id="HD302E2F0F32A43A4B31E4BFEB51C1394"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 2107(e)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)), as amended by section 501(c)(2) is amended by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph (and redesignating the succeeding subparagraphs accordingly):</text>
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<subparagraph id="H79E0F67084F64651A5804D26CEB764A4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section 1902(bb) (relating to payment for services provided by Federally-qualified health centers and rural health clinics).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEEB315BE1EF14DC9AFF624B3937B9A56"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply to services provided on or after October 1, 2009.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8EF5B20AE804453194C1CEF76DC45FA9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transition Grants</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6146CCD0C9C3433687D0569BE6CF0118"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriation</header><text>Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2009, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the purpose of awarding grants to States with State child health plans under CHIP that are operated separately from the State Medicaid plan under title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (including any waiver of such plan), or in combination with the State Medicaid plan, for expenditures related to transitioning to compliance with the requirement of section 2107(e)(1)(D) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (as added by subsection (a)) to apply the prospective payment system established under section 1902(bb) of the such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(bb)) to services provided by Federally-qualified health centers and rural health clinics.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H271898FE6096468AB34F665F33B4DE24"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Monitoring and report</header><text>The Secretary shall monitor the impact of the application of such prospective payment system on the States described in paragraph (1) and, not later than October 1, 2011, shall report to Congress on any effect on access to benefits, provider payment rates, or scope of benefits offered by such States as a result of the application of such payment system.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E52219EB33E40578DFB204C6D8B588D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>504.</enum><header>Premium grace period</header>
<subsection id="H73D27A95D3684FD2AD02F95CF14B3FFD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2103(e)(3) (42 U.S.C. 1397cc(e)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F10E0F2B9F34B7EB0BEBC4050420141" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HF7BBA8C8313D4B059291F0CE3D02C07E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Premium grace period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State child health plan—</text>
<clause id="H5487C163ECB343419E462406E7DC8AD5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall afford individuals enrolled under the plan a grace period of at least 30 days from the beginning of a new coverage period to make premium payments before the individual’s coverage under the plan may be terminated; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H64A7BFEBCE164182B7C64FC7E339D7CA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall provide to such an individual, not later than 7 days after the first day of such grace period, notice—</text>
<subclause id="HBCA9F567D71F4E03BB46CBD767D1E89C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that failure to make a premium payment within the grace period will result in termination of coverage under the State child health plan; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HF17706F64F114057B05985144E99111B"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of the individual’s right to challenge the proposed termination pursuant to the applicable Federal regulations.</text></subclause></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">For purposes of clause (i), the term <term>new coverage period</term> means the month immediately following the last month for which the premium has been paid.</continuation-text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H4A2EDDEAD9F64ECDB1CF86DFAC6D374E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to new coverage periods beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H897A84D56BCA444F92F281A5F387F27C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>505.</enum><header>Clarification of coverage of services provided through school-based health centers</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B354D95FC2F4B59B463333F692E693B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2103(c) (42 U.S.C. 1397cc(c)), as amended by section 501(a)(1)(B), is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEE42F5E263D4A4D8EC867C047491126" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H31A999D96C2B4DB398976E7B186E2D27"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Availability of coverage for items and services furnished through school-based health centers</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be construed as limiting a State’s ability to provide child health assistance for covered items and services that are furnished through school-based health centers (as defined in section 2110(c)(9)).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE48CA7E7B66A4F06BC9946D440D83094"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section 2110(c) (42 U.S.C. 1397jj) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFEB4473A5E544BD6B3312520780331BD" style="OLC">
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92A8C456455F4461A03223311E04D20B"><enum>(9)</enum><header>School-based health center</header>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7D7D7E17E314065B68E64B164239742"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>school-based health center</term> means a health clinic that—</text>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB57D5BD7096444AC8DD00173D3610FB1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is located in or near a school facility of a school district or board or of an Indian tribe or tribal organization;</text></clause>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69DB9ACD82B24F09B6EDD7EDF7D18F5A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is organized through school, community, and health provider relationships;</text></clause>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA1D4CE0AF7642D99A54030A7E97B9D3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is administered by a sponsoring facility;</text></clause>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF5F4EDF60E14B36907F438E3E6C5EC8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provides through health professionals primary health services to children in accordance with State and local law, including laws relating to licensure and certification; and</text></clause>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC027D1768AC6424F81866CB064138B98"><enum>(v)</enum><text>satisfies such other requirements as a State may establish for the operation of such a clinic.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA66C2897FD8A47F8BE534B9EB468746C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Sponsoring facility</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii), the term <term>sponsoring facility</term> includes any of the following:</text>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02F7287BED9C404595BA5CF915E7C10F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A hospital.</text></clause>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8862FB7C700C4683AD90BC7FFC34F2BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A public health department.</text></clause>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03F6831B182A43549E8A1FF8CA3CF1EC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A community health center.</text></clause>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC55EB25420474AE2A614E55B9B4CF562"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A nonprofit health care agency.</text></clause>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7E1D8C652154EB197D7529FC2682B4E"><enum>(v)</enum><text>A school or school system.</text></clause>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB66665ABFB204D23AE5FF5D9D30FD8B5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>A program administered by the Indian Health Service or the Bureau of Indian Affairs or operated by an Indian tribe or a tribal organization.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H3C873CBF6D1E4DD1AFB6440C5ED23FE2"><enum>506.</enum><header>Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission</header>
<subsection id="H49D2AF9185374A608A3DCC01F21279E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title XIX (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) is amended by inserting before section 1901 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1766101EE35D45568F4CEB75345F91D1" style="traditional">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5BD677F44D646738DC0D8A1903A41E5"><enum>1900.</enum><header>Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF6289355AD3E41FAA7647277305781EC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is hereby established the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (in this section referred to as <quote>MACPAC</quote>).</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D52E86B57C445B0BAF94E339B4FEFB4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E51A5B8050B4FBFABC3A0A82C5D6608"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review of access policies and annual reports</header><text>MACPAC shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD9B9E7521D04369A76C458D13FEDC9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review policies of the Medicaid program established under this title (in this section referred to as <quote>Medicaid</quote>) and the State Children's Health Insurance Program established under title XXI (in this section referred to as <quote>CHIP</quote>) affecting children's access to covered items and services, including topics described in paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E929C83B02847E08CA68F2FCB7FB18B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make recommendations to Congress concerning such access policies;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC568007A27EF4B03A52A74F0893F50CB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by not later than March 1 of each year (beginning with 2010), submit a report to Congress containing the results of such reviews and MACPAC's recommendations concerning such policies; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3971A3E43F2245A383E06E9F08D6BDEF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by not later than June 1 of each year (beginning with 2010), submit a report to Congress containing an examination of issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP, including the implications of changes in health care delivery in the United States and in the market for health care services on such programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7917C61DAA3D4856A971971601D4DA81"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific topics to be reviewed</header><text>Specifically, MACPAC shall review and assess the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1738D77D2E6E4FFD921E99B805B1C139"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Medicaid and CHIP payment policies</header><text>Payment policies under Medicaid and CHIP, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D5FDCF6D78C43FBABF48389A179396D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the factors affecting expenditures for items and services in different sectors, including the process for updating hospital, skilled nursing facility, physician, Federally-qualified health center, rural health center, and other fees;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4268EA767D0C4797925C1F4B0E64554D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>payment methodologies; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFAFE43075A848F1817A20B48FA9DB83"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the relationship of such factors and methodologies to access and quality of care for Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F00A8C326414B4CBC915B25746F0425"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Interaction of medicaid and chip payment policies with health care delivery generally</header><text>The effect of Medicaid and CHIP payment policies on access to items and services for children and other Medicaid and CHIP populations other than under this title or title XXI and the implications of changes in health care delivery in the United States and in the general market for health care items and services on Medicaid and CHIP.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E79D95046CE4C649F5E862DE2EC2131"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other access policies</header><text>The effect of other Medicaid and CHIP policies on access to covered items and services, including policies relating to transportation and language barriers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F7D851C6E3D4DBD8FFE19C459DCF1A3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Creation of early-warning system</header><text>MACPAC shall create an early-warning system to identify provider shortage areas or any other problems that threaten access to care or the health care status of Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A4CE512D276406BAD34B862A943F324"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Comments on certain secretarial reports</header><text>If the Secretary submits to Congress (or a committee of Congress) a report that is required by law and that relates to access policies, including with respect to payment policies, under Medicaid or CHIP, the Secretary shall transmit a copy of the report to MACPAC. MACPAC shall review the report and, not later than 6 months after the date of submittal of the Secretary's report to Congress, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress written comments on such report. Such comments may include such recommendations as MACPAC deems appropriate.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2157542DF6F1438CB17966FD674A3DD2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Agenda and additional reviews</header><text>MACPAC shall consult periodically with the chairmen and ranking minority members of the appropriate committees of Congress regarding MACPAC's agenda and progress towards achieving the agenda. MACPAC may conduct additional reviews, and submit additional reports to the appropriate committees of Congress, from time to time on such topics relating to the program under this title or title XXI as may be requested by such chairmen and members and as MACPAC deems appropriate.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABE98EF9BA5840489D353B51B23358F4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Availability of reports</header><text>MACPAC shall transmit to the Secretary a copy of each report submitted under this subsection and shall make such reports available to the public.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64394F649D1640F2874CC449B9E52E36"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Appropriate committee of congress</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <quote>appropriate committees of Congress</quote> means the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD01611A42EBF470EB6C09FA3CCCE0172"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Voting and reporting requirements</header><text>With respect to each recommendation contained in a report submitted under paragraph (1), each member of MACPAC shall vote on the recommendation, and MACPAC shall include, by member, the results of that vote in the report containing the recommendation.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73CDB05658C54CFE97606955326E4862"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Examination of budget consequences</header><text>Before making any recommendations, MACPAC shall examine the budget consequences of such recommendations, directly or through consultation with appropriate expert entities.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6366CC5209D649DBAA09848D4D38FBB4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph id="HDD2D7AFDFE9E4CAC856C3134E1BE0DD6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Number and appointment</header><text>MACPAC shall be composed of 17 members appointed by the Comptroller General of the United States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD9048C6F0F1E40068D748F81CC4D9CFD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header>
<subparagraph id="HAE2F82772F414ACEBBBE05BBD6D35A82"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The membership of MACPAC shall include individuals who have had direct experience as enrollees or parents of enrollees in Medicaid or CHIP and individuals with national recognition for their expertise in Federal safety net health programs, health finance and economics, actuarial science, health facility management, health plans and integrated delivery systems, reimbursement of health facilities, health information technology, pediatric physicians, dentists, and other providers of health services, and other related fields, who provide a mix of different professionals, broad geographic representation, and a balance between urban and rural representatives.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB7C672E5E7FA49898EB70528502E2FEE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The membership of MACPAC shall include (but not be limited to) physicians and other health professionals, employers, third-party payers, and individuals with expertise in the delivery of health services. Such membership shall also include consumers representing children, pregnant women, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities, current or former representatives of State agencies responsible for administering Medicaid, and current or former representatives of State agencies responsible for administering CHIP.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF1CF0C368AEC4C94BC56E4FB977001D9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Majority nonproviders</header><text>Individuals who are directly involved in the provision, or management of the delivery, of items and services covered under Medicaid or CHIP shall not constitute a majority of the membership of MACPAC.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3B2573EB552C40D3A7A37104591E4AF1"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Ethical disclosure</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall establish a system for public disclosure by members of MACPAC of financial and other potential conflicts of interest relating to such members. Members of MACPAC shall be treated as employees of Congress for purposes of applying title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–521).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE73B725AFD9445C85E1A6764240F1A3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Terms</header>
<subparagraph id="H742CBF573D7844A4AF1058FE62FB5421"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The terms of members of MACPAC shall be for 3 years except that the Comptroller General of the United States shall designate staggered terms for the members first appointed.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF2769329A0E34A2F97FAAE1D5FC77B84"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of that term. A member may serve after the expiration of that member's term until a successor has taken office. A vacancy in MACPAC shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H741388DD06874470A47AC947B1A2CDE9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>While serving on the business of MACPAC (including travel time), a member of MACPAC shall be entitled to compensation at the per diem equivalent of the rate provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code; and while so serving away from home and the member's regular place of business, a member may be allowed travel expenses, as authorized by the Chairman of MACPAC. Physicians serving as personnel of MACPAC may be provided a physician comparability allowance by MACPAC in the same manner as Government physicians may be provided such an allowance by an agency under section 5948 of title 5, United States Code, and for such purpose subsection (i) of such section shall apply to MACPAC in the same manner as it applies to the Tennessee Valley Authority. For purposes of pay (other than pay of members of MACPAC) and employment benefits, rights, and privileges, all personnel of MACPAC shall be treated as if they were employees of the United States Senate.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB4B8A075F3184E4A9C8628702A255EBF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Chairman; vice chairman</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall designate a member of MACPAC, at the time of appointment of the member as Chairman and a member as Vice Chairman for that term of appointment, except that in the case of vacancy of the Chairmanship or Vice Chairmanship, the Comptroller General of the United States may designate another member for the remainder of that member's term.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H282D9B2F3E5D42B1BCB74697BAE2D108"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>MACPAC shall meet at the call of the Chairman.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1301F6D24CA3444F8C2D7261BEB90A19"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Director and staff; experts and consultants</header><text>Subject to such review as the Comptroller General of the United States deems necessary to assure the efficient administration of MACPAC, MACPAC may—</text>
<paragraph id="HA529EF09370E4EA7BF3D68F79B635D1B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>employ and fix the compensation of an Executive Director (subject to the approval of the Comptroller General of the United States) and such other personnel as may be necessary to carry out its duties (without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H48F9AFD5A95446ECBF4E5075A1AFFE8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>seek such assistance and support as may be required in the performance of its duties from appropriate Federal departments and agencies;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13B9D55A5862427F9668BC0289E108BC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>enter into contracts or make other arrangements, as may be necessary for the conduct of the work of MACPAC (without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5));</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6F1349BAD05A4F17998DC4B13FD2808B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>make advance, progress, and other payments which relate to the work of MACPAC;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA678AB73195545BF8473064B756CD49D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide transportation and subsistence for persons serving without compensation; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE9DBBCEB7FE546EA94186B231A1B5F04"><enum>(6)</enum><text>prescribe such rules and regulations as it deems necessary with respect to the internal organization and operation of MACPAC.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4EBA5627A5434463BCE9CB8B9A524B96"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Powers</header>
<paragraph id="HA54FA22756A34EDF8BA19E24B3F83087"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Obtaining official data</header><text>MACPAC may secure directly from any department or agency of the United States information necessary to enable it to carry out this section. Upon request of the Chairman, the head of that department or agency shall furnish that information to MACPAC on an agreed upon schedule.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE5591A2FCEA433C967442AF0BD06963"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Data collection</header><text>In order to carry out its functions, MACPAC shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H67FCDB8462BC4CBE85227B79DA6EAC4B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>utilize existing information, both published and unpublished, where possible, collected and assessed either by its own staff or under other arrangements made in accordance with this section;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB145C4D72DBC4AE8BA88C2A8DC09E28C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>carry out, or award grants or contracts for, original research and experimentation, where existing information is inadequate; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H855E89378C0646C68351268DFDC84C5F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>adopt procedures allowing any interested party to submit information for MACPAC's use in making reports and recommendations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC74D2BDECDF4E2887760D5E5D74C20D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Access of gao to information</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall have unrestricted access to all deliberations, records, and nonproprietary data of MACPAC, immediately upon request.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA5F329B782634368AD356D67989B1FFC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Periodic audit</header><text>MACPAC shall be subject to periodic audit by the Comptroller General of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D7979B59DEB49818B17F25D0AF07F53"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1531DC66C1AE436F8CAAD62919594C52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Request for appropriations</header><text>MACPAC shall submit requests for appropriations in the same manner as the Comptroller General of the United States submits requests for appropriations, but amounts appropriated for MACPAC shall be separate from amounts appropriated for the Comptroller General of the United States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB8BE406532742AC8464FCD1B7D6D53B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB98BC90549C14CE9A5B97D897873561A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline for initial appointments</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2010, the Comptroller General of the United States shall appoint the initial members of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission established under section 1900 of the Social Security Act (as added by subsection (a)).</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F398A527A4C47A294A25ACC346D4DB9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual report on Medicaid</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, and the States (as defined for purposes of Medicaid), shall submit an annual report to Congress on the financial status of, enrollment in, and spending trends for, Medicaid for the fiscal year ending on September 30 of the preceding year.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>VI</enum><header>Program Integrity and Other Miscellaneous Provisions</header>
<subtitle id="HE91BF8AD5C074045868A17F0E96644AC"><enum>A</enum><header>Program Integrity and Data Collection</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FC18624D3844D30A6CCC4994905CAEF"><enum>601.</enum><header>Payment error rate measurement (<quote>PERM</quote>)</header>
<subsection id="H7F35128DAA884535A25383EF34C6F621"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expenditures Related to Compliance With Requirements</header>
<paragraph id="HF07A166C91E84C078DB208C825689948"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Enhanced payments</header><text>Section 2105(c) (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)), as amended by section 301(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H96DD08C45BFA4A8E8FC5FA181EFE168C"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Enhanced payments</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (b), the enhanced FMAP with respect to payments under subsection (a) for expenditures related to the administration of the payment error rate measurement (PERM) requirements applicable to the State child health plan in accordance with the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 and parts 431 and 457 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any related or successor guidance or regulations) shall in no event be less than 90 percent.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4379F7757C814118A2A480656FCDE128"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusion of from cap on administrative expenditures</header><text>Section 2105(c)(2)(C) (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)(2)C)), as amended by section 302(b)), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="HA558600F75BE4F7FA5034A5A3FF926A5"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Payment error rate measurement (perm) expenditures</header><text>Expenditures related to the administration of the payment error rate measurement (PERM) requirements applicable to the State child health plan in accordance with the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 and parts 431 and 457 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any related or successor guidance or regulations).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H50E3C4CDC8DA4146A0A3F818D66A37A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Final Rule Required To Be in Effect for All States</header><text>Notwithstanding parts 431 and 457 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), the Secretary shall not calculate or publish any national or State-specific error rate based on the application of the payment error rate measurement (in this section referred to as <quote>PERM</quote>) requirements to CHIP until after the date that is 6 months after the date on which a new final rule (in this section referred to as the <quote>new final rule</quote>) promulgated after the date of the enactment of this Act and implementing such requirements in accordance with the requirements of subsection (c) is in effect for all States. Any calculation of a national error rate or a State specific error rate after such new final rule in effect for all States may only be inclusive of errors, as defined in such new final rule or in guidance issued within a reasonable time frame after the effective date for such new final rule that includes detailed guidance for the specific methodology for error determinations.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H2810B1D817454B849E0A6885ABA89B2B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements for New Final Rule</header><text>For purposes of subsection (b), the requirements of this subsection are that the new final rule implementing the PERM requirements shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HE20E8C28BBD44E97B32CE5F05CFF645F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA70B76559426441BB6FF318B8A5AC56D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>clearly defined criteria for errors for both States and providers;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H314E2F2D22AE484D9E137C99A1C5B87D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a clearly defined process for appealing error determinations by—</text>
<clause id="HF56FA64AAC564FF3BE1D2235B7282A07"><enum>(i)</enum><text>review contractors; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HF1320BC06ED549F7964D749289C042CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the agency and personnel described in section 431.974(a)(2) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on September 1, 2007, responsible for the development, direction, implementation, and evaluation of eligibility reviews and associated activities; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2A7772E5666F4A0F83DC6AEFAC647727"><enum>(C)</enum><text>clearly defined responsibilities and deadlines for States in implementing any corrective action plans; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBD7DC42FDBB844AEAF1F7A11BDCDDF02"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide that the payment error rate determined for a State shall not take into account payment errors resulting from the State’s verification of an applicant’s self-declaration or self-certification of eligibility for, and the correct amount of, medical assistance or child health assistance, if the State process for verifying an applicant’s self-declaration or self-certification satisfies the requirements for such process applicable under regulations promulgated by the Secretary or otherwise approved by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7108D90CDDEB4A7B9436C83F48D82E24"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Option for Application of Data for States in first application cycle Under the Interim Final Rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the new final rule implementing the PERM requirements in accordance with the requirements of subsection (c) is in effect for all States, a State for which the PERM requirements were first in effect under an interim final rule for fiscal year 2007 or under a final rule for fiscal year 2008 may elect to accept any payment error rate determined in whole or in part for the State on the basis of data for that fiscal year or may elect to not have any payment error rate determined on the basis of such data and, instead, shall be treated as if fiscal year 2010 or fiscal year 2011 were the first fiscal year for which the PERM requirements apply to the State.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HA2D4B2C904E44A07899185C7ABC59032"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Harmonization of MEQC and PERM</header>
<paragraph id="HE3BD1679C1FC450BB29833AE4CA58031"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reduction of redundancies</header><text>The Secretary shall review the Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control (in this subsection referred to as the <quote>MEQC</quote>) requirements with the PERM requirements and coordinate consistent implementation of both sets of requirements, while reducing redundancies.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2C53B6678F1E4DD48F88103BBBBFF220"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State option to apply PERM data</header><text>A State may elect, for purposes of determining the erroneous excess payments for medical assistance ratio applicable to the State for a fiscal year under section 1903(u) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 1396b(u)) to substitute data resulting from the application of the PERM requirements to the State after the new final rule implementing such requirements is in effect for all States for data obtained from the application of the MEQC requirements to the State with respect to a fiscal year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H70D7FFA2F01E4FDCAA5FF666FB7E7326"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State option to apply MEQC data</header><text>For purposes of satisfying the requirements of subpart Q of part 431 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, relating to Medicaid eligibility reviews, a State may elect to substitute data obtained through MEQC reviews conducted in accordance with section 1903(u) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(u)) for data required for purposes of PERM requirements, but only if the State MEQC reviews are based on a broad, representative sample of Medicaid applicants or enrollees in the States.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCB225CBDC00F4202847542477F40B893"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Identification of Improved State-Specific Sample Sizes</header><text>The Secretary shall establish State-specific sample sizes for application of the PERM requirements with respect to State child health plans for fiscal years beginning with the first fiscal year that begins on or after the date on which the new final rule is in effect for all States, on the basis of such information as the Secretary determines appropriate. In establishing such sample sizes, the Secretary shall, to the greatest extent practicable—</text>
<paragraph id="HFA8473CF870E47B5BFAB2087162C18CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>minimize the administrative cost burden on States under Medicaid and CHIP; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H66928837EA454150996BBF1FA91302EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>maintain State flexibility to manage such programs.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9201220CAF684884A41A7FD6DB81576A"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Time for Promulgation of Final Rule</header><text>The final rule implementing the PERM requirements under subsection (b) shall be promulgated not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4236670C82F84D9B9022A3D48A2322CA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>602.</enum><header>Improving data collection</header>
<subsection id="H5E820D47AD034959B9C48B8C238B7A9C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increased Appropriation</header><text>Section 2109(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 1397ii(b)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2000</quote> and inserting <quote>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2009</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3D527620086141219D8531B53A83E56C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of Additional Funds</header><text>Section 2109(b) (42 U.S.C. 1397ii(b)), as amended by subsection (a), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3E33AF604EB24D2DAD8A42C3A75B8929"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE71DF6D096AC4091BABE272B429D3B00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1), the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph id="H7238E0917BCE4DDABC92FE5C70A61DBF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional requirements</header><text>In addition to making the adjustments required to produce the data described in paragraph (1), with respect to data collection occurring for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2009, in appropriate consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Commerce shall do the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H5E8D869336D446BB89C019429B39B075"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Make appropriate adjustments to the Current Population Survey to develop more accurate State-specific estimates of the number of children enrolled in health coverage under title XIX or this title.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF66EB6742C374045BF05EDACBBB424DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Make appropriate adjustments to the Current Population Survey to improve the survey estimates used to determine the child population growth factor under section 2104(m)(5)(B) and any other data necessary for carrying out this title.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAB91D2A2EB394B15B0DAB62A4FADE98E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Include health insurance survey information in the American Community Survey related to children.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H468F955B93FF4BBD81D91CB20DADFEE6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Assess whether American Community Survey estimates, once such survey data are first available, produce more reliable estimates than the Current Population Survey with respect to the purposes described in subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD7616FA8E4FF433F9F23FBD0EFF761E7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>On the basis of the assessment required under subparagraph (D), recommend to the Secretary of Health and Human Services whether American Community Survey estimates should be used in lieu of, or in some combination with, Current Population Survey estimates for the purposes described in subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFB5CEC97F3D74BA5A10D7BE36294019F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Continue making the adjustments described in the last sentence of paragraph (1) with respect to expansion of the sample size used in State sampling units, the number of sampling units in a State, and using an appropriate verification element.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4DB5BDD51227407482270EA7F93E7D8F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authority for the secretary of health and human services to transition to the use of all, or some combination of, acs estimates upon recommendation of the secretary of commerce</header><text>If, on the basis of the assessment required under paragraph (2)(D), the Secretary of Commerce recommends to the Secretary of Health and Human Services that American Community Survey estimates should be used in lieu of, or in some combination with, Current Population Survey estimates for the purposes described in paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the States, may provide for a period during which the Secretary may transition from carrying out such purposes through the use of Current Population Survey estimates to the use of American Community Survey estimates (in lieu of, or in combination with the Current Population Survey estimates, as recommended), provided that any such transition is implemented in a manner that is designed to avoid adverse impacts upon States with approved State child health plans under this title.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE113F516045E49DC8888588D9AE6611D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header>Updated Federal evaluation of CHIP</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2108(c) (42 U.S.C. 1397hh(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H15D7FA6F14FF411597F381414F3E0132"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Subsequent evaluation using updated information</header>
<subparagraph id="H17E2AF8065604B779FCC12B100C6D102"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, directly or through contracts or interagency agreements, shall conduct an independent subsequent evaluation of 10 States with approved child health plans.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H98C10EC8A0674E46A638D60CC09DC186"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Selection of States and matters included</header><text>Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply to such subsequent evaluation in the same manner as such provisions apply to the evaluation conducted under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB43D39F5C456480FAD3FB86E88E33127"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Submission to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2011, the Secretary shall submit to Congress the results of the evaluation conducted under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDF015C0BA67340E8A379DD27C8529822"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 for the purpose of conducting the evaluation authorized under this paragraph. Amounts appropriated under this subparagraph shall remain available for expenditure through fiscal year 2012.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section commented="no" id="H52DFC8D0DF254AD9BF69743EFC4C3F62"><enum>604.</enum><header>Access to records for IG and GAO audits and evaluations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2108(d) (42 U.S.C. 1397hh(d)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HE7954122AAEB43C0BF14A7788B6F19BE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Access to records for IG and GAO audits and evaluations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of evaluating and auditing the program established under this title, or title XIX, the Secretary, the Office of Inspector General, and the Comptroller General shall have access to any books, accounts, records, correspondence, and other documents that are related to the expenditure of Federal funds under this title and that are in the possession, custody, or control of States receiving Federal funds under this title or political subdivisions thereof, or any grantee or contractor of such States or political subdivisions.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FD9CA2C8EB4414F906A36D8CA4E5AB6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>605.</enum><header>No Federal funding for illegal aliens; disallowance for unauthorized expenditures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act allows Federal payment for individuals who are not legal residents. Titles XI, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act provide for the disallowance of Federal financial participation for erroneous expenditures under Medicaid and under CHIP, respectively.</text></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="H4904F70BDCAD4CCC8E5644112AEF5B55"><enum>B</enum><header>Miscellaneous Health Provisions</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F81A99ED9004F64A07C2628FC8EECC2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>611.</enum><header>Deficit Reduction Act technical corrections</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3BE6974E90CA4FDDAD265639E3311FEA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Clarification of requirement To Provide EPSDT services for all children in benchmark benefit packages under Medicaid</header><text>Section 1937(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1396u–7(a)(1)), as inserted by section 6044(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–171, 120 Stat. 88), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBDD3E9C7C40F499BAAF1EC2682C2338D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5E06EF3C0AD4B7DBDF77BA908A728F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter before clause (i)—</text>
<clause id="H94418AC243BA4347BEDBD0335F7A5711"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Notwithstanding any other provision of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>Notwithstanding section 1902(a)(1) (relating to statewideness), section 1902(a)(10)(B) (relating to comparability) and any other provision of this title which would be directly contrary to the authority under this section and subject to subsection (E)</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HB9938B6251704905A5E350EAA3EC1841"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>enrollment in coverage that provides</quote> and inserting <quote>coverage that</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAE02F9BFD2BA4B03B980B2C7DB0A7F9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>provides</quote> after <quote>(i)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA1AB78E1C1E543F6B36FBD2594687B72"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text>
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<clause id="H53735C7EC3DB47F5B73B5F4ECD4ED5BF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for any individual described in section 1905(a)(4)(B) who is eligible under the State plan in accordance with paragraphs (10) and (17) of section 1902(a), consists of the items and services described in section 1905(a)(4)(B) (relating to early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services defined in section 1905(r)) and provided in accordance with the requirements of section 1902(a)(43).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H661410F9C49F4538BA0B726F1E392D89"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4BFE0075CFA04926BE3B488CAD1D27ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text>wrap-around</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text>additional</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA162BD68C53542E286251A926CF1309E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>wrap-around or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H152E7C2B98C74EDBBDC131F2FF16F8B0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HCCD2F999A46F4B75894D67E2CF65D57E"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as—</text>
<clause id="H599E0A2C4F8D4BF3BCA2C1F8B57FE364"><enum>(i)</enum><text>requiring a State to offer all or any of the items and services required by subparagraph (A)(ii) through an issuer of benchmark coverage described in subsection (b)(1) or benchmark equivalent coverage described in subsection (b)(2);</text></clause>
<clause id="H812A586C1A384999AE9D5A0808568AFB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>preventing a State from offering all or any of the items and services required by subparagraph (A)(ii) through an issuer of benchmark coverage described in subsection (b)(1) or benchmark equivalent coverage described in subsection (b)(2); or</text></clause>
<clause id="H61D1AC49D9614A6883DF9699F2515732"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">affecting a child’s entitlement to care and services described in subsections (a)(4)(B) and (r) of section 1905 and provided in accordance with section 1902(a)(43) whether provided through benchmark coverage, benchmark equivalent coverage, or otherwise.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H09BD4575519A4A73AD8ED7635A5B5AE2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Correction of reference to children in foster care receiving child welfare services</header><text>Section 1937(a)(2)(B)(viii) (42 U.S.C. 1396u–7(a)(2)(B)(viii)), as inserted by section 6044(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, is amended by striking <quote>aid or assistance is made available under part B of title IV to children in foster care and individuals</quote> and inserting <quote>child welfare services are made available under part B of title IV on the basis of being a child in foster care or</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H0B1FBCCF6AB54A0B8A671C16825C08C8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transparency</header><text>Section 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1396u–7), as inserted by section 6044(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HD3E6B9D515D54C36A5D9FC62A8FAEC7A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Publication of Provisions Affected</header><text>With respect to a State plan amendment to provide benchmark benefits in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) that is approved by the Secretary, the Secretary shall publish on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a list of the provisions of this title that the Secretary has determined do not apply in order to enable the State to carry out the plan amendment and the reason for each such determination on the date such approval is made, and shall publish such list in the Federal Register and not later than 30 days after such date of approval.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HB45D24045F4F454CA211382A22A34B5C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall take effect as if included in the amendment made by section 6044(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.</text></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BF58464A08F49C2BAA96E36FD067D6A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>612.</enum><header>References to title XXI</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 704 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999, as enacted into law by division B of Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–402) is repealed.</text></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E7AA4E73473403BA314858A66E8628D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>613.</enum><header>Prohibiting initiation of new health opportunity account demonstration programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">After the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may not approve any new demonstration programs under section 1938 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u–8).</text></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC399638121464B1ABC8FCA8D1708A2B4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>614.</enum><header>Adjustment in computation of Medicaid FMAP to disregard an extraordinary employer pension contribution</header>
<subsection id="H8DFCB1DE49144EB882DE46D778E3A009"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Only for purposes of computing the FMAP (as defined in subsection (e)) for a State for a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2006) and applying the FMAP under title XIX of the Social Security Act, any significantly disproportionate employer pension or insurance fund contribution described in subsection (b) shall be disregarded in computing the per capita income of such State, but shall not be disregarded in computing the per capita income for the continental United States (and Alaska) and Hawaii.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF05F1A5CCB714452857CC25527552CF4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Significantly disproportionate employer pension and insurance fund contribution</header>
<paragraph id="H99C548282D97442A9C4A245ED43BF5E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of this section, a significantly disproportionate employer pension and insurance fund contribution described in this subsection with respect to a State is any identifiable employer contribution towards pension or other employee insurance funds that is estimated to accrue to residents of such State for a calendar year (beginning with calendar year 2003) if the increase in the amount so estimated exceeds 25 percent of the total increase in personal income in that State for the year involved.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B7C45A018474EE2B628CED092908F8C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Data to be used</header><text>For estimating and adjustment a FMAP already calculated as of the date of the enactment of this Act for a State with a significantly disproportionate employer pension and insurance fund contribution, the Secretary shall use the personal income data set originally used in calculating such FMAP.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H553C0A1918F945D0900F9CC81B75B493"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special adjustment for negative growth</header><text>If in any calendar year the total personal income growth in a State is negative, an employer pension and insurance fund contribution for the purposes of calculating the State’s FMAP for a calendar year shall not exceed 125 percent of the amount of such contribution for the previous calendar year for the State.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H57388A03F63943C0A0616400456C9933"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Hold harmless</header><text>No State shall have its FMAP for a fiscal year reduced as a result of the application of this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H6FD0EFE466D64697A673FF041429D405"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than May 15, 2009, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on the problems presented by the current treatment of pension and insurance fund contributions in the use of Bureau of Economic Affairs calculations for the FMAP and for Medicaid and on possible alternative methodologies to mitigate such problems.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H2A0D3BD343E5485F94F116C406BA8177"><enum>(e)</enum><header>FMAP defined</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>FMAP</term> means the Federal medical assistance percentage, as defined in section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396(d)).</text></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HE48A60F8860944C28082857DC431B34A"><enum>615.</enum><header>Clarification treatment of regional medical center</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H54AA665A1C674F8E804B71674D690349"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Nothing in section 1903(w) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(w)) shall be construed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as prohibiting a State’s use of funds as the non-Federal share of expenditures under title XIX of such Act where such funds are transferred from or certified by a publicly-owned regional medical center located in another State and described in subsection (b), so long as the Secretary determines that such use of funds is proper and in the interest of the program under title XIX.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2B6F41ACC3A2495D95DD220D4F03B201"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Center described</header><text>A center described in this subsection is a publicly-owned regional medical center that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4320160062914E069217DA027C6271DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provides level 1 trauma and burn care services;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H68A3FFA8ADC04F9DA16FD7EDBA651F75"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides level 3 neonatal care services;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H09AC76A6537C49F58B6680F120A44588"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is obligated to serve all patients, regardless of ability to pay;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE4664AD1165949B88508565D8416D249"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is located within a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) that includes at least 3 States;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H78D5C767253B44BA8B195329D419F77C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provides services as a tertiary care provider for patients residing within a 125-mile radius; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DC66ACCBC814B2382C6EB579FD5E319"><enum>(6)</enum><text>meets the criteria for a disproportionate share hospital under section 1923 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–4) in at least one State other than the State in which the center is located.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HABB49062875B4EB3BC8EC06674E8E6D1"><enum>616.</enum><header>Extension of Medicaid DSH allotments for Tennessee and Hawaii</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1923(f)(6) (42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)(6)), as amended by section 202 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–275) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5DC1B3C0B2FC44BE864AB4B067DA28B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">2009 and the first calendar quarter of fiscal year 2010</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">2011 and the first calendar quarter of fiscal year 2012</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA2D775CB09914149A3D0577D0F968310"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAFB069DB0F3E49CF903D4A463BE0898A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text>
<clause id="HBB2CE41F866F4204A238199E944745DD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the second sentence—</text>
<subclause id="H2D57D309F714470AAE43D0436AB5F0F7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>, 2009, 2010, and 2011</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HEF86C542C788432D96EF01AE0733165D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such portion of</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H213CD5C269E947D8AFD83AFF2BFAAB96"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the third sentence, by striking <quote>2010 for the period ending on December 31, 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>2012 for the period ending on December 31, 2011</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H48FE2A018B404634B38121B96C4668DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>or for a period in fiscal year 2010</quote> and inserting <quote>2010, 2011, or for period in fiscal year 2012</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H727F851489B1454F929A7A15C2941E99"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (iv)—</text>
<clause id="H7CB202B8FEB543F8A6FD84FD290479B1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the clause heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">2009 and the first calendar quarter of fiscal year 2010</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">2011 and the first calendar quarter of fiscal year 2012</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HA7AD029236B24AD7A65BCEC522E16A5D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in each of subclauses (I) and (II), by striking <quote> or for a period in fiscal year 2010</quote> and inserting <quote>2010, 2011, or for a period in fiscal year 2012</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5DF1CDD4221E4302A7DAAC16DD2143F5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC0D0290CFA9F496BAB1CA393FC77BC09"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text>
<clause id="HA97D192CCC504E67BDBD7A4E0E6798FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>2009</quote> and inserting <quote>2011</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H5CDF81A85ECE4BA0AA95189814FF1933"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>2010 for the period ending on December 31, 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>2012 for the period ending on December 31, 2011</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B784EE1F86F4339B059C27E56F720E0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>617.</enum><header>GAO report on Medicaid managed care payment rates</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives analyzing the extent to which State payment rates for medicaid managed care organizations under Medicaid are actuarially sound.</text></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="H7300CDFFE8104C398858E1A2BEE1EFB5"><enum>C</enum><header>Other Provisions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4B754D5FA0D407EB572295D373A22D7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>621.</enum><header>Outreach regarding health insurance options available to children</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCD8AE27D9B59408F8ADD90EAD7D2FBBF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H09E09979B6534C92B7FA4D7B9CB332B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the terms <term>Administration</term> and <term>Administrator</term> means the Small Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA6F788414A904D829C4E0BFA30BDC8F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>certified development company</term> means a development company participating in the program under title V of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBIA">Small Business Investment Act of 1958</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC029DB86AD1A4E08B3F6CAE81F0687A1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>Medicaid program</term> means the program established under title XIX of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2120FE12E47F48BF8D21B4A8A113D458"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <term>Service Corps of Retired Executives</term> means the Service Corps of Retired Executives authorized by section 8(b)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1));</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEEC836ABA0764E8FBCCA9D2A7AA4CE6B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term <term>small business concern</term> has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 632);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF85AE1BDF0CE418F922FAB8C510E4C0E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term <term>small business development center</term> means a small business development center described in section 21 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 648);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2DE8CD8A987A4FC0A05C1B23FF2FD0EE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the term <term>State</term> has the meaning given that term for purposes of title XXI of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD00AB63EA29345C9B62CE98F1B436714"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the term <term>State Children’s Health Insurance Program</term> means the State Children’s Health Insurance Program established under title XXI of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAA72D455A756411AA01D07BC1B41537E"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the term <term>task force</term> means the task force established under subsection (b)(1); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H463E6F0F354D420EBE6E5DC1E19B6C6E"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the term <term>women’s business center</term> means a women’s business center described in section 29 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 656).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF303FE9E1FC24A9CBD3A8BC3AA64E027"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of Task Force</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6248D2A874ED4DFDB58F92D8F1DC4307"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established a task force to conduct a nationwide campaign of education and outreach for small business concerns regarding the availability of coverage for children through private insurance options, the Medicaid program, and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9A76185CAD034A82BC4A056BAB5DB485"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The task force shall consist of the Administrator, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of the Treasury.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF2A91C5BA0FD4F6D830EDA17474D53F6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The campaign conducted under this subsection shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H02DE214D650D47A0900B4179DA18593B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>efforts to educate the owners of small business concerns about the value of health coverage for children;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H518767F352CE4262A65E5B1ADC3C5207"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information regarding options available to the owners and employees of small business concerns to make insurance more affordable, including Federal and State tax deductions and credits for health care-related expenses and health insurance expenses and Federal tax exclusion for health insurance options available under employer-sponsored cafeteria plans under section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5A6BB02CC6B14E9BA60F39852E3A06B4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>efforts to educate the owners of small business concerns about assistance available through public programs; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFA246BB260414D20A5F64FDD972B5C85"><enum>(D)</enum><text>efforts to educate the owners and employees of small business concerns regarding the availability of the hotline operated as part of the Insure Kids Now program of the Department of Health and Human Services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H24BF22E28F5849AE993E296A7D956D48"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the task force may—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H908C5FB2269D47D9833BBCDFE2817B68"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use any business partner of the Administration, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H72E5B2059B0943DD997843EBF9332212"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a small business development center;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HFE145B0B7D444C1BA1BEDCFDA6CDD8ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a certified development company;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H37C8943F3AE24E6A9DA1E21DB1AFD33B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a women’s business center; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H88EB58E7978D4B52998F1F957E60005D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Service Corps of Retired Executives;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H020C4A3902284500A8442F31F4583AB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enter into—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H7E02FBFA82944D148B0946B0A4728B25"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a memorandum of understanding with a chamber of commerce; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HD399A822A6334BC59A775063E499B714"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a partnership with any appropriate small business concern or health advocacy group; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H422079F96FD44287880DD90DE0BD1B30"><enum>(C)</enum><text>designate outreach programs at regional offices of the Department of Health and Human Services to work with district offices of the Administration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H30737729AA2A46A9894769E58585AB30"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Website</header><text>The Administrator shall ensure that links to information on the eligibility and enrollment requirements for the Medicaid program and State Children’s Health Insurance Program of each State are prominently displayed on the website of the Administration.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEB5F296F014F49288907A56C2949614F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0A04002EEA9F48F991393806F33C32ED"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a report on the status of the nationwide campaign conducted under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H90B45A3D0C1A474F93422C80A630F76D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include a status update on all efforts made to educate owners and employees of small business concerns on options for providing health insurance for children through public and private alternatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HD19672936412408888F7C796204541BA"><enum>622.</enum><header>Sense of the Senate regarding access to affordable and meaningful health insurance coverage</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA7CD7471EF0D4306A6BE86D9D730D590"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The Senate finds the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6E9FD6753BEE407C98F7CA7E237143CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>There are approximately 45 million Americans currently without health insurance.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4211ACF316E648298CC8CC09B0560CA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>More than half of uninsured workers are employed by businesses with less than 25 employees or are self-employed.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB25AE1A79D48483FA03D3C41EE162AB1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Health insurance premiums continue to rise at more than twice the rate of inflation for all consumer goods.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H94F8849CD23C4F11B73DC7C492DAD2C7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Individuals in the small group and individual health insurance markets usually pay more for similar coverage than those in the large group market.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H58B2AED8AA664ACC9A7A2BF7C95C9BC6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The rapid growth in health insurance costs over the last few years has forced many employers, particularly small employers, to increase deductibles and co-pays or to drop coverage completely.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBFAB501FFC4B4551B12FBBDD47CA5DDF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of the Senate</header><text>The Senate—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDD1C5FFC219F4AE1BA90CB62BC68BCC9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>recognizes the necessity to improve affordability and access to health insurance for all Americans;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H982C3F40B8DB41EDB46C0929FBF37AE9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>acknowledges the value of building upon the existing private health insurance market; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC4AF0605A01543088B6CF945D96736B8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>affirms its intent to enact legislation this year that, with appropriate protection for consumers, improves access to affordable and meaningful health insurance coverage for employees of small businesses and individuals by—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEABA43983BF247C38844E79BF68C6918"><enum>(A)</enum><text>facilitating pooling mechanisms, including pooling across State lines, and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81E98E64FACE49B0896FA244FE6E9A88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing assistance to small businesses and individuals, including financial assistance and tax incentives, for the purchase of private insurance coverage.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>VII</enum><header>Revenue Provisions </header>
<section id="H7D8A21E218E244B989DED1E3DF9395DD"><enum>701.</enum><header>Increase in excise tax rate on tobacco products</header>
<subsection id="H379E094D0DFC4AC69C70440DD3939C97"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cigars</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5701(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCFF1D31BF66F47BEA94A8086F6138772"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$1.828 cents per thousand ($1.594 cents per thousand on cigars removed during 2000 or 2001)</quote> in paragraph (1) and inserting <quote>$50.33 per thousand</quote>,</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9460178F25C143DAA000F8BB68DFC07A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>20.719 percent (18.063 percent on cigars removed during 2000 or 2001)</quote> in paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>52.75 percent</quote>, and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB9E8426425DE440F8DD52EF03D65B648"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$48.75 per thousand ($42.50 per thousand on cigars removed during 2000 or 2001)</quote> in paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>40.26 cents per cigar</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC73669718A97418682EFEFA252850CC9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cigarettes</header><text>Section 5701(b) of such Code is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB8090E1405A84EB580F7904C2698F89C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$19.50 per thousand ($17 per thousand on cigarettes removed during 2000 or 2001)</quote> in paragraph (1) and inserting <quote>$50.33 per thousand</quote>, and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB023E25A0664A228E669A234BF87CDF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$40.95 per thousand ($35.70 per thousand on cigarettes removed during 2000 or 2001)</quote> in paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>$105.69 per thousand</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA1662494E6ED40AD81AC8416D5D3FFE7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cigarette Papers</header><text>Section 5701(c) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>1.22 cents (1.06 cents on cigarette papers removed during 2000 or 2001)</quote> and inserting <quote>3.15 cents</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H64B12791E1B2462B8BE271AA6D01D0B4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cigarette Tubes</header><text>Section 5701(d) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>2.44 cents (2.13 cents on cigarette tubes removed during 2000 or 2001)</quote> and inserting <quote>6.30 cents</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H707CB62264E84435953D52BCA8EB419A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Smokeless Tobacco</header><text>Section 5701(e) of such Code is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H650DF19343BD444AB3E1DA3C063B829A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>58.5 cents (51 cents on snuff removed during 2000 or 2001)</quote> in paragraph (1) and inserting <quote>$1.51</quote>, and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H43AB2A5D269D4D04B9E57AE5FCC40ACA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>19.5 cents (17 cents on chewing tobacco removed during 2000 or 2001)</quote> in paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>50.33 cents</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBC79C2121C834BC4BD8E0284DDF277B8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Pipe Tobacco</header><text>Section 5701(f) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>$1.0969 cents (95.67 cents on pipe tobacco removed during 2000 or 2001)</quote> and inserting <quote>$2.8311 cents</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HD82370F489FC4CA7A47F3B1CC22931F1"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Roll-Your-Own Tobacco</header><text>Section 5701(g) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>$1.0969 cents (95.67 cents on roll-your-own tobacco removed during 2000 or 2001)</quote> and inserting <quote>$24.78</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HDDA08C4BD10C4E629FD34319F7FFEA17"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Floor Stocks Taxes</header>
<paragraph id="HB84AE29DDAEC4C03A36DC1D123C6EBD3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Imposition of tax</header><text>On tobacco products (other than cigars described in section 5701(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) and cigarette papers and tubes manufactured in or imported into the United States which are removed before April 1, 2009, and held on such date for sale by any person, there is hereby imposed a tax in an amount equal to the excess of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H574DFEE895F94C1DA6094EDAD63C88C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the tax which would be imposed under section 5701 of such Code on the article if the article had been removed on such date, over</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA9BFC1C47CD4DD983AD25ECCEA85138"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the prior tax (if any) imposed under section 5701 of such Code on such article.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H785F5E1466F140388003CBE1C51239AE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Credit against tax</header><text>Each person shall be allowed as a credit against the taxes imposed by paragraph (1) an amount equal to $500. Such credit shall not exceed the amount of taxes imposed by paragraph (1) on April 1, 2009, for which such person is liable.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H22240C6658A84776A05EBB1305C92105"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Liability for tax and method of payment</header>
<subparagraph id="HD824E50A7E9544F4960EC915F7363156"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Liability for tax</header><text>A person holding tobacco products, cigarette papers, or cigarette tubes on April 1, 2009, to which any tax imposed by paragraph (1) applies shall be liable for such tax.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H51D54D82FC4A411390802EAD6DD2B9F4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Method of payment</header><text>The tax imposed by paragraph (1) shall be paid in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulations.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HED6FFB5C5FC64F5EB4603EACBDA44AEB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Time for payment</header><text>The tax imposed by paragraph (1) shall be paid on or before August 1, 2009.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9E48333974246308BA3683DFD14F959"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Articles in foreign trade zones</header><text>Notwithstanding the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the Foreign Trade Zone Act, 48 Stat. 998, 19 U.S.C. 81a et seq.) or any other provision of law, any article which is located in a foreign trade zone on April 1, 2009, shall be subject to the tax imposed by paragraph (1) if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF637ABCE83FB463CA3F657D8AAC206EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>internal revenue taxes have been determined, or customs duties liquidated, with respect to such article before such date pursuant to a request made under the 1st proviso of section 3(a) of such Act, or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5FF6229772D34AEDA5A13E6DD1345C3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such article is held on such date under the supervision of an officer of the United States Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to the 2d proviso of such section 3(a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9E83575A6CFF44BBA2AB93C83176464E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1565E517756542F59FB546556EB3ACDF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any term used in this subsection which is also used in section 5702 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall have the same meaning as such term has in such section.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H047B45E4E3E0411A825594592BA50F1C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s delegate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B99A99875DB42B4AAE7AA4F9D274F4B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Controlled groups</header><text>Rules similar to the rules of section 5061(e)(3) of such Code shall apply for purposes of this subsection.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF36408DF45E24A41AE502DE510B9D210"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Other laws applicable</header><text>All provisions of law, including penalties, applicable with respect to the taxes imposed by section 5701 of such Code shall, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this subsection, apply to the floor stocks taxes imposed by paragraph (1), to the same extent as if such taxes were imposed by such section 5701. The Secretary may treat any person who bore the ultimate burden of the tax imposed by paragraph (1) as the person to whom a credit or refund under such provisions may be allowed or made.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9368DB3B0AA49319A08CA7E9FC75C98"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to articles removed (as defined in section 5702(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) after March 31, 2009.</text></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HA6B654D56BE640C7A0D89850B8B8F44D"><enum>702.</enum><header>Administrative improvements</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDC07A2CC90764F18AACD979E58B6FEFA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Permit, Inventories, Reports, and Records Requirements for Manufacturers and Importers of Processed Tobacco</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2B5BF481AC774F17AA0CFA2CC495D96A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Permit</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA67E6D2E71A145E1A17A11D1C38DD9E5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Section 5712 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting <quote>or processed tobacco</quote> after <quote>tobacco products</quote>.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCE008F8644A74D8C9EFA734B99A35C7C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Issuance</header><text>Section 5713(a) of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>or processed tobacco</quote> after <quote>tobacco products</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF7217DB775CD43119AC611A42EE6666E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inventories, reports, and packages</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFB0DBE2F97A546C08F91172945D2D999"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Inventories</header><text>Section 5721 of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>, processed tobacco,</quote> after <quote>tobacco products</quote>.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2B79FFEA7C51442189D3C7C8B6DD020D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Section 5722 of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>, processed tobacco,</quote> after <quote>tobacco products</quote>.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBB7FB8B9DA334030AC61BE9213CB3BB5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Packages, marks, labels, and notices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5723 of such Code is amended by inserting “, processed tobacco,” after “tobacco products” each place it appears.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4CCCB66D753447B6BC51B521A8C01B20"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Records</header><text>Section 5741 of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>, processed tobacco,</quote> after <quote>tobacco products</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC795B84BD686409890DBA8F8DF0D7852"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Manufacturer of processed tobacco</header><text>Section 5702 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H93BB7B3C54E74A1182D13A1542467106"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Manufacturer of Processed Tobacco</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFC66A20A74824975983D22A90A11F9AF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>manufacturer of processed tobacco</term> means any person who processes any tobacco other than tobacco products.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFA9E05209AE540DC88A74B713B5D62DD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Processed tobacco</header><text>The processing of tobacco shall not include the farming or growing of tobacco or the handling of tobacco solely for sale, shipment, or delivery to a manufacturer of tobacco products or processed tobacco.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB04DBCF38B58465B9DEB3C838B15E929"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1414412FA6624A1EA337976D2D96D7F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 5702(h) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes</quote> and inserting <quote>tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes or any processed tobacco</quote>.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB644FC59CE6F4B34B9A474A8C9C415E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Sections 5702(j) and 5702(k) of such Code are each amended by inserting <quote>, or any processed tobacco,</quote> after <quote>tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF4A14842FA2647E7B503568B27A3BE71"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on April 1, 2009.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3823FA23313949E2B3813829D48A86F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Basis for Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of Permits</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9F941DE71AEB4B56AF6245503288FA0A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Denial</header><text>Paragraph (3) of section 5712 of such Code is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H42E04F2C50E24C72A2F668ECC72403BF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such person (including, in the case of a corporation, any officer, director, or principal stockholder and, in the case of a partnership, a partner)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H786E500B01CC46F6A3A9922DC2073FAD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is, by reason of his business experience, financial standing, or trade connections or by reason of previous or current legal proceedings involving a felony violation of any other provision of Federal criminal law relating to tobacco products, processed tobacco, cigarette paper, or cigarette tubes, not likely to maintain operations in compliance with this chapter,</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAB91CA565635423FAE49646A3DDE2EDA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been convicted of a felony violation of any provision of Federal or State criminal law relating to tobacco products, processed tobacco, cigarette paper, or cigarette tubes, or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC9C281901BD444938B946445D3ABA557"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has failed to disclose any material information required or made any material false statement in the application therefor.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H829D3B1D621C4E9482361E8919FEF754"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Suspension or revocation</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 5713 of such Code is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HBFFBBA847DEE4C0F8A839D2181360D98"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Suspension or Revocation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H91F75D4A0BE94B20A12D46453FAF545E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Show cause hearing</header><text>If the Secretary has reason to believe that any person holding a permit—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE50BBBA3265C4B249EF0D7CE1C6D6B3F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has not in good faith complied with this chapter, or with any other provision of this title involving intent to defraud,</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE9F8F7DEF0DA493AB4E9D9FA520B1D0C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has violated the conditions of such permit,</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7DD7EEBEBBBE404FB372E90765852817"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has failed to disclose any material information required or made any material false statement in the application for such permit,</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4ABF2918FE7E46D8B2AC29E9679CB746"><enum>(D)</enum><text>has failed to maintain his premises in such manner as to protect the revenue,</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6D2805C2C3A04FACAF39E8D4336FD83F"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is, by reason of previous or current legal proceedings involving a felony violation of any other provision of Federal criminal law relating to tobacco products, processed tobacco, cigarette paper, or cigarette tubes, not likely to maintain operations in compliance with this chapter, or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H21A46E51289848DFA9C9C6265A5F53D7"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been convicted of a felony violation of any provision of Federal or State criminal law relating to tobacco products, processed tobacco, cigarette paper, or cigarette tubes,</text></subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">the Secretary shall issue an order, stating the facts charged, citing such person to show cause why his permit should not be suspended or revoked.</continuation-text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA12538B9D1154E5C966A3FBB4D364413"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Action following hearing</header><text>If, after hearing, the Secretary finds that such person has not shown cause why his permit should not be suspended or revoked, such permit shall be suspended for such period as the Secretary deems proper or shall be revoked.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD4F81A2F20A44CE0804F1FD994B32A5B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCCBA5DE0B9E1455FBF05D50549D4F8A0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of Internal Revenue Code Statute of Limitations for Alcohol and Tobacco Excise Taxes</header>
<paragraph id="H1B6381AB76014BE58F3B4777ADA36B92"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 514(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 1514(a)) is amended by striking <quote>and section 520 (relating to refunds)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 520 (relating to refunds), and section 6501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (but only with respect to taxes imposed under chapters 51 and 52 of such Code)</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H99D988A79DE04A2F99DB54E9B2CE18D9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to articles imported after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H86752656C43346F7B3266FD5E68361A5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Expansion of Definition of Roll-Your-Own Tobacco</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5E6E344829654F71B646C5D19F958A38"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 5702(o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting <quote>or cigars, or for use as wrappers thereof</quote> before the period at the end.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE172F323A657404582511833E1EEA16B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to articles removed (as defined in section 5702(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) after March 31, 2009.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCEF8A47807F145A89A00A89836730FA2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Time of Tax for Unlawfully Manufactured Tobacco Products</header>
<paragraph id="HFEB5CC992C234A59B481EC1AAC27FF49"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 5703(b)(2) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCA6F2EF371734ADDBB9A74F1066FEFAA"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Special rule for unlawfully manufactured tobacco products</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any tobacco products, cigarette paper, or cigarette tubes manufactured in the United States at any place other than the premises of a manufacturer of tobacco products, cigarette paper, or cigarette tubes that has filed the bond and obtained the permit required under this chapter, tax shall be due and payable immediately upon manufacture.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H05A25BD09F394E37ACD15649E00079AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E7B49BC4BA04BDE9ABC0008B8A3EAFD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Disclosure</header>
<paragraph id="H785ED43210644BC8B99AE3DDB3F5E746"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of section 6103(o) of such Code is amended by designating the text as subparagraph (A), moving such text 2 ems to the right, striking <quote>Returns</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">(A) In general.—</header-in-text>Returns</quote>, and by inserting after subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated) the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H9BCD7D40356042CDA92300F9C4B5F207"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use in certain proceedings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Returns and return information disclosed to a Federal agency under subparagraph (A) may be used in an action or proceeding (or in preparation for such action or proceeding) brought under section 625 of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 for the collection of any unpaid assessment or penalty arising under such Act.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H000407C78539475ABEE1C0E5420BDB4B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 6103(p)(4) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>(o)(1)</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>(o)(1)(A)</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE99F3F7EB83C437FBAA5B253CADF4F03"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBC5252BDE44344B49438D152F236FA60"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Transitional rule</header><text>Any person who—</text>
<paragraph id="H45FBBF92E0FB4B8EB1DF8D556482713B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>on April 1, 2009 is engaged in business as a manufacturer of processed tobacco or as an importer of processed tobacco, and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H431180880B6E470FAEFD4AED9254738C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>before the end of the 90-day period beginning on such date, submits an application under subchapter B of chapter 52 of such Code to engage in such business, may, notwithstanding such subchapter B, continue to engage in such business pending final action on such application. Pending such final action, all provisions of such chapter 52 shall apply to such applicant in the same manner and to the same extent as if such applicant were a holder of a permit under such chapter 52 to engage in such business.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H9F40631DFAE24746A7C4ED0CB86A56CB"><enum>703.</enum><header>Treasury study concerning magnitude of tobacco smuggling in the United States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall conduct a study concerning the magnitude of tobacco smuggling in the United States and submit to Congress recommendations for the most effective steps to reduce tobacco smuggling. Such study shall also include a review of the loss of Federal tax receipts due to illicit tobacco trade in the United States and the role of imported tobacco products in the illicit tobacco trade in the United States.</text></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED8B057F8D38404CB3364D342738F4A3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>704.</enum><header>Time for payment of corporate estimated taxes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The percentage under subparagraph (C) of section 401(1) of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act is increased by 0.5 percentage point.</text></section>
Speaker of the House of Representatives.Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.