[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4531-S4532]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 549. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1628, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2017; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. INCREASE IN CHIP ELIGIBILITY AGE.

       (a) In General.--Section 2110(c)(1) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1397jj(c)(1)) is amended by striking ``19'' 
     and inserting ``26''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 2112(b)(1)(B) of such 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ll(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``19 
     years of age under this title (or title XIX)'' and inserting 
     ``26 years of age under this title (or, in the case of title 
     XIX, under 19 years of age or such higher age as the State 
     has elected for purposes of the eligibility of a child under 
     the State plan under that title or under a waiver of that 
     plan)''.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
     apply with respect to eligibility determinations made after 
     the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this section.
       (2) Exception for state legislation.--In the case of a 
     State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act that 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines 
     requires State legislation in order for the respective plan 
     to meet any requirement imposed by amendments made by this 
     section, the respective plan shall not be regarded as failing 
     to comply with the requirements of

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     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 the 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.
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