Children's Health Insurance Protection (CHIP) Act

Children's Health Insurance Protection (CHIP) Act - Amends XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to the income level of certain children born after September 30, 1983 (or, at the option of a state, after any earlier date), who are between 6 and 19 years of age. Maintains the income level at 100% of the income official poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved by repealing the increase to 113% of the poverty line scheduled to begin January 1, 2014.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3931 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3931

    To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow for the 
  continuation of the pre-ACA flexibility of States in providing CHIP 
                    coverage to low-income children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2014

   Mr. Dent (for himself, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Meehan, Mr. 
 Fitzpatrick, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, 
and Mr. Barletta) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow for the 
  continuation of the pre-ACA flexibility of States in providing CHIP 
                    coverage to low-income children.

    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 ``Children's Health Insurance 
Protection (CHIP) Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUING PRE-ACA STATE FLEXIBILITY IN PROVIDING CHIP COVERAGE 
              FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN.

    Effective January 1, 2014, section 1902(l)(2)(C) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(l)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ``(or, 
beginning January 1, 2014, 133 percent)''.
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