[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3138 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3138

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 26, 2023

 Mr. Brown (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Whitehouse) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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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) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 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.--Section 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 ``a targeted low-income child'' and 
        inserting ``an 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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