[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4404 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4404

    To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for an 
  exception to the reduction to State allotments under the Children's 
             Health Insurance Program for fiscal year 2018.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 15, 2017

 Mr. Emmer (for himself, Mr. Lewis of Minnesota, Mr. Peterson, and Mr. 
   Paulsen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for an 
  exception to the reduction to State allotments under the Children's 
             Health Insurance Program for fiscal year 2018.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State CHIP Flexibility Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO REDUCTION TO STATE CHIP ALLOTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 
              2018.

    Clause (iv) of section 2104(m)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1397dd(m)(2)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
``The previous sentence shall not apply in the case of any such amounts 
that remain so available for fiscal year 2018 to the extent that such 
amounts are with respect to expenditures of the State incurred during 
any quarter in fiscal year 2017 for which the State could have 
submitted a claim for Federal financial participation either under the 
State child health plan or, pursuant to section 2105(g), under the 
State plan under title XIX, and submitted such claim for Federal 
financial participation under the State child health plan after 
September 30, 2017, but before December 31, 2017.''.
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