Health and Nutrition Access for All Act

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9008 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9008

    To remove barriers to health care and nutrition assistance for 
children, pregnant persons, and lawfully present individuals, under the 
   Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act, the 
 Children's Health Insurance Program under title XXI of such Act, and 
under the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and 
             Nutrition Act of 2008, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 17, 2020

    Mr. Garcia of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To remove barriers to health care and nutrition assistance for 
children, pregnant persons, and lawfully present individuals, under the 
   Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act, the 
 Children's Health Insurance Program under title XXI of such Act, and 
under the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and 
             Nutrition Act of 2008, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Health and Nutrition Access for All 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVING BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE AND NUTRITION ASSISTANCE FOR 
              CHILDREN, PREGNANT PERSONS, AND LAWFULLY PRESENT 
              INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) Medicaid.--Section 1903(v) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396b(v)) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following new paragraph:
    ``(4)(A) Notwithstanding sections 401(a), 402(b), 403, and 421 of 
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
1996 and paragraph (1), payment shall be made to a State under this 
section for medical assistance furnished to an alien under this title 
(including an alien described in such paragraph) who meets any of the 
following conditions:
            ``(i) The alien is otherwise eligible for such assistance 
        under the State plan approved under this title (other than the 
        requirement of the receipt of aid or assistance under title IV, 
        supplemental security income benefits under title XVI, or a 
        State supplementary payment) within either or both of the 
        following eligibility categories:
                    ``(I) Children under 21 years of age, including any 
                optional targeted low-income child (as such term is 
                defined in section 1905(u)(2)(B)).
                    ``(II) Pregnant persons during pregnancy and during 
                the 12-month period beginning on the last day of the 
                pregnancy.
            ``(ii) The alien is lawfully present in the United States.
    ``(B) No debt shall accrue under an affidavit of support against 
any sponsor of an alien who meets the conditions specified in 
subparagraph (A) on the basis of the provision of medical assistance to 
such alien under this paragraph and the cost of such assistance shall 
not be considered as an unreimbursed cost.''.
    (b) SCHIP.--Subparagraph (N) of section 2107(e)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(N) Paragraph (4) of section 1903(v) (relating to 
                coverage of categories of children, pregnant persons, 
                and other lawfully present individuals).''.
    (c) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance.--Notwithstanding sections 
401(a), 402(a), and 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611(a); 1612(a); 
1613(a)) and section 6(f) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2015(f)), persons who are lawfully present in the United States 
shall not be ineligible for benefits under the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program on the basis of their immigration status or date of 
entry into the United States.
    (d) Eligibility for Families With Children.--Section 421(d)(3) of 
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1631(d)(3)) is amended by striking ``to the extent that 
a qualified alien is eligible under section 402(a)(2)(J)'' and 
inserting, ``to the extent that a child is a member of a household 
under the supplemental nutrition assistance program''.
    (e) Ensuring Proper Screening.--Section 11(e)(2)(B) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clauses (vi) and (vii) as clauses 
        (vii) and (viii); and
            (2) by inserting after clause (v) the following:
                            ``(vi) shall provide a method for 
                        implementing section 421 of the Personal 
                        Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
                        Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1631) that 
                        does not require any unnecessary information 
                        from persons who may be exempt from that 
                        provision;''.
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