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S 214 IS
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 214
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permit qualifying States to use their allotments under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program for any fiscal year for certain Medicaid expenditures.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 12, 2009
Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LIEBERMAN, and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permit qualifying States to use their allotments under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program for any fiscal year for certain Medicaid expenditures.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR QUALIFYING STATES TO USE CHIP ALLOTMENT FOR ANY FISCAL YEAR FOR CERTAIN MEDICAID EXPENDITURES.
(a) Elimination of Fiscal Year and Percentage Limitations-
(1) IN GENERAL- Section 2105(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(g)(1)(A)), as amended by section 201(b)(1) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-173), is amended by striking ‘not more than 20 percent of any allotment under section 2104 for fiscal year 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, or 2009’ and inserting ‘a fiscal year allotment under section 2104’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Effective as if included in the enactment of section 201(b) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-173), paragraph (2) of that section is repealed.
(b) Modification of Allowable Expenditures- Section 2105(g)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(g)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘150’ and inserting ‘125’.
(c) Effective Date- The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2008, and shall apply to expenditures made on or after that date.
U.S. Congress - Text of S.214 as Introduced in Senate Children's Health Equity Technical Amendments Act of 2009
