Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act of 2011

Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act of 2011 - Amends title XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to a state plan that provides child health insurance through a means other than through the state's plan under SSA title XIX (Medicaid).

Requires in such a case for the CHIP plan to implement the 12-month continuous eligibility option available under Medicaid for targeted low-income children whose family income is below 200% of the poverty line.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 671 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 671

   To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month 
    continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance 
                                Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2011

 Mr. Gene Green of Texas (for himself and Mr. Doggett) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month 
    continuous coverage under the State 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 ``Ensuring Continuous Coverage under 
SCHIP Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF 12-MONTH CONTINUOUS COVERAGE UNDER SCHIP.

    (a) In General.--Section 2102(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1397bb(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(6) Requirement for 12-month continuous eligibility.--In 
        the case of a State child health plan that provides child 
        health assistance under this title through a means other than 
        described in section 2101(a)(2), the plan shall provide for 
        implementation under this title of the 12-month continuous 
        eligibility option described in section 1902(e)(12) for 
        targeted low-income children whose family income is below 200 
        percent of the poverty line.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--In section 2105(a)(4) of such Act, 
strike subparagraph (A) and redesignate the following subparagraphs 
accordingly.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to determinations (and redeterminations) of eligibility made on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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