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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1570

To amend the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act

of 1966 to promote identification of children eligible for benefits under,

and enrollment of children in, the medicaid and State Children’s Health

Insurance programs.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 8, 1999

Mr. LUGAR introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

A BILL

To amend the National School Lunch Act and the Child

Nutrition Act of 1966 to promote identification of children eligible for benefits under, and enrollment of children in, the medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance programs.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SCHIP Improvement

5 Act of 1999’’.
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1 SEC. 2. LIMITED WAIVER OF CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIRE2 MENT.

3 Section 9(b)(2)(C)(iii) of the National School Lunch

4 Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(2)(C)(iii)) is amended—

5 (1) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

6 end;

7 (2) in subclause (III), by striking the period at

8 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

9 (3) by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(IV) a person directly connected with the ad11 ministration of a State plan under title XIX of the

12 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) or a

13 State child health plan under title XXI of that Act

14 (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.) for the purpose of identi15 fying children eligible for benefits under, and enroll16 ing children in, any such plan, except that this sub17 clause shall apply with respect to the agency from

18 which the information would be obtained only if the

19 State and the agency so elect.’’.

20 SEC. 3. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 17 of the Child Nutrition

22 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) is amended by adding at

23 the end the following:

24 ‘‘(q) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT RELATING TO USE

25 OF WIC FUNDS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND ENROLLMENT

26 OF CHILDREN IN CERTAIN HEALTH PROGRAMS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab2 lish a demonstration project in not more than 40

3 local agencies in not fewer than 2 States under

4 which costs of nutrition services and administration

5 (as defined in subsection (b)(4)) shall include the

6 costs of identification of children eligible for benefits

7 under, and enrollment of children in—

8 ‘‘(A) a State plan under title XIX of the

9 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.);

10 and

11 ‘‘(B) a State child health plan under title

12 XXI of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.).

13 ‘‘(2) REPORT ON EVALUATION OF COSTS.—Not

14 later than 18 months after the date of enactment of

15 this subsection, the Comptroller General of the

16 United States shall submit to Congress a report

17 evaluating the costs associated with implementation

18 of the demonstration project, including an evaluation

19 of the Federal and State costs per child enrolled in

20 a State plan described in paragraph (1).

21 ‘‘(3) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The au22 thority provided by this subsection terminates Sep23 tember 30, 2003.’’.

24 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 17 of the

25 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786)—
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1 (1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘(4)’’ and

2 all that follows through ‘‘means’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)

3 ‘Costs of nutrition services and administration’ or

4 ‘nutrition services and administration’ means’’; and

5 (2) in subsection (h)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘costs

6 incurred by State and local agencies for nutrition

7 services and administration’’ and inserting ‘‘costs of

8 nutrition services and administration incurred by

9 State and local agencies’’.

10 SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND ENROLLMENT

11 EFFORTS.

12 Section 12 of the National School Lunch Act (42

13 U.S.C. 1760) is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing:

15 ‘‘(p) GRANTS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND ENROLL16 MENT EFFORTS.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make

18 grants to States to carry out State plans to involve

19 eligible entities described in paragraph (2) in the

20 identification of children eligible for benefits under,

21 and enrollment of children in—

22 ‘‘(A) a State plan under title XIX of the

23 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.);

24 and
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1 ‘‘(B) a State child health plan under title

2 XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

3 1397aa et seq.).

4 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An eligible entity

5 referred to in paragraph (1) is—

6 ‘‘(A) a school or school food authority par7 ticipating in the school lunch program under

8 this Act;

9 ‘‘(B) an institution participating in the

10 child and adult care food program under section

11 17;

12 ‘‘(C) a local agency participating in the

13 special supplemental nutrition program for

14 women, infants, and children under section 17

15 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.

16 1786); or

17 ‘‘(D) any other nongovernmental social

18 service provider.

19 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS FOR WIC DEMONSTRATION

20 PROJECT.—The authorized uses of grant funds

21 under this subsection shall include carrying out the

22 demonstration project under section 17(q) of the

23 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(q)).

24 ‘‘(4) FUNDING.—Out of any moneys in the

25 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary
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1 of the Treasury shall provide to the Secretary to

2 carry out this subsection $6,000,000 for each of fis3 cal years 2000 through 2003. The Secretary shall be

4 entitled to receive the funds and shall accept the

5 funds, without further Act of appropriation.’’.

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