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Calendar No. 338 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3162 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 4, 2007 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security 
Act to extend and improve the children’s health insur-
ance program, to improve beneficiary protections under 
the Medicare, Medicaid, and the CHIP program, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM 
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Sec. 100. Purpose. 
Subtitle A—Funding 
Sec. 101. Establishment of new base CHIP allotments. 
Sec. 102. 2-year initial availability of CHIP allotments. 
Sec. 103. Redistribution of unused allotments to address State funding short-
falls. 
Sec. 104. Extension of option for qualifying States. 
Subtitle B—Improving Enrollment and Retention of Eligible Children 
Sec. 111. CHIP performance bonus payment to offset additional enrollment 
costs resulting from enrollment and retention efforts. 
Sec. 112. State option to rely on findings from an express lane agency to con-
duct simplified eligibility determinations. 
Sec. 113. Application of medicaid outreach procedures to all children and preg-
nant women. 
Sec. 114. Encouraging culturally appropriate enrollment and retention prac-
tices. 
Sec. 115. Continuous coverage under CHIP. 
Subtitle C—Coverage 
Sec. 121. Ensuring child-centered coverage. 
Sec. 122. Improving benchmark coverage options. 
Sec. 123. Premium grace period. 
Subtitle D—Populations 
Sec. 131. Optional coverage of children up to age 21 under CHIP. 
Sec. 132. Optional coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid program 
and CHIP. 
Sec. 133. State option to expand or add coverage of certain pregnant women 
under CHIP. 
Sec. 134. Limitation on waiver authority to cover adults. 
Sec. 135. No Federal funding for illegal aliens. 
Sec. 136. Auditing requirement to enforce citizenship restrictions on eligibility 
for Medicaid and CHIP benefits. 
Subtitle E—Access 
Sec. 141. Children’s Access, Payment, and Equality Commission. 
Sec. 142. Model of Interstate coordinated enrollment and coverage process. 
Sec. 143. Medicaid citizenship documentation requirements. 
Sec. 144. Access to dental care for children. 
Sec. 145. Prohibiting initiation of new health opportunity account demonstra-
tion programs. 
Subtitle F—Quality and Program Integrity 
Sec. 151. Pediatric health quality measurement program. 
Sec. 152. Application of certain managed care quality safeguards to CHIP. 
Sec. 153. Updated Federal evaluation of CHIP. 
Sec. 154. Access to records for IG and GAO audits and evaluations. 
Sec. 155. References to title XXI. 
Sec. 156. Reliance on law; exception for State legislation. 
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