[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5434 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5434

 To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for 
   12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under the Medicaid 
            program and Children's Health Insurance Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 2023

  Mrs. Dingell (for herself and Mr. Pallone) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for 
   12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under the Medicaid 
            program and Children's Health Insurance Program.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVIDING FOR 12-MONTH CONTINUOUS ENROLLMENT OF INDIVIDUALS 
              UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH 
              INSURANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902(e)(12) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396a(e)(12)), as amended by section 5112 of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023, is further amended--
            (1) in the header, by striking ``for children'';
            (2) by striking ``who is under the age of 19 and'';
            (3) in subparagraph (A), by adding ``or'' at the end;
            (4) by striking subparagraph (B); and
            (5) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).
    (b) CHIP.--2107(e)(1)(K) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397gg(e)(1)(K)), as amended by section 5112 of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023, is further amended--
            (1) by striking ``for children'';
            (2) by striking ``targeted low-income child'' and inserting 
        ``individual''; and
            (3) by striking ``child becomes'' and inserting 
        ``individual becomes''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the first day of the first fiscal quarter that begins on or 
after the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.
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