[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 168 (Thursday, November 1, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13712-S13713]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3497. Mr. ALLARD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 3963, to amend title XXI of the Social Security 
Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 117. TREATMENT OF UNBORN CHILDREN.

       (a) Codification of Current Regulations.--Section 
     2110(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1397jj(c)(1)) is amended by striking 
     the period at the end and inserting the following: ``, and 
     includes, at the option of a State, an unborn child. For 
     purposes of the previous sentence, the term `unborn child' 
     means a member of the species Homo sapiens, at any stage of 
     development, who is carried in the womb.''.
       (b) Clarifications Regarding Coverage of Mothers.--Section 
     2103 (42 U.S.C. 1397cc) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(g) Clarifications Regarding Authority to Provide 
     Postpartum Services and Maternal Health Care.--Any State that 
     provides child health assistance to an unborn child under the 
     option described in section 2110(c)(1) may continue to 
     provide such assistance to the mother, as well as postpartum 
     services, through the end of the month in which the 60-day 
     period (beginning on the last day of 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.''.
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  SA 3498. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 3963, to amend title XXI of the Social Security 
Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 110. REQUIREMENT THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR 
                   CHIP AND EMPLOYER-SPONSORED COVERAGE USE THE 
                   EMPLOYER-SPONSORED COVERAGE INSTEAD OF CHIP.

       Section 2105(c) (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)), as amended by 
     section 601(a)(1), is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(13) Requirement regarding employer-sponsored coverage.--
       ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), on and 
     after the date of enactment of the Children's Health 
     Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, no payment may 
     be made under this title with respect to an individual who is 
     eligible for coverage under a group health plan or health 
     insurance coverage offered through an employer, either as an 
     individual or as part of family coverage.
       ``(B) State option to offer premium assistance for high-
     cost plans.--
       ``(i) In general.--In the case of an individual who is 
     otherwise eligible for coverage under this title but for the 
     application of subparagraph (A) and who is eligible for high-
     cost heath insurance coverage, a State may elect to offer a 
     premium assistance subsidy for such coverage.
       ``(ii) Amount.--The amount of a premium assistance subsidy 
     under this paragraph shall be determined by the State but in 
     no case shall exceed the lesser of--

       ``(I) an amount equal to the value of the coverage under 
     this title that would otherwise apply with respect to the 
     individual but for the application of subparagraph (A); or
       ``(II) an amount equal to the difference between--

       ``(aa) the amount of the employee's share of the premium 
     costs for the high-cost health insurance coverage (for the 
     family or the individual, as the case may be); and
       ``(bb) an amount equal to 20 percent of the total premium 
     costs for such coverage, including both the employer and 
     employee share, (for the family or the individual, as the 
     case may be).
       ``(C) High-cost health insurance coverage.--For purposes of 
     this paragraph, the term `high cost health insurance 
     coverage' means a group health plan or health insurance 
     coverage offered through an employer in which the employee is 
     required to pay more than 20 percent of the premium costs.

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       ``(D) Treatment as child health assistance.--Expenditures 
     for the provision of premium assistance subsidies under this 
     paragraph shall be considered child health assistance 
     described in paragraph (1)(C) of subsection (a) for purposes 
     of making payments under that subsection.''.

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