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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6004 
To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to improve Medicaid 
and the Children’s Health Insurance Program for low-income mothers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 19, 2023 
Ms. PRESSLEY (for herself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BUSH, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. UNDER-
WOOD, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. 
COHEN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 
LYNCH, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mrs. WATSON COLE-
MAN) introduced the following bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act 
to improve Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance 
Program for low-income mothers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Maximizing Outcomes 
for Moms through Medicaid Improvement and Enhance-
ment of Services Act’’ or the ‘‘MOMMIES Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ENHANCING MEDICAID AND CHIP BENEFITS FOR 
LOW-INCOME PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) EXTENDING CONTINUOUS MEDICAID AND CHIP 
COVERAGE FOR PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM INDIVID-
UALS.— 
(1) MEDICAID.—Title XIX of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) is amended— 
(A) in section 1902(e)— 
(i) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘60- 
day period (beginning on the last day of 
her pregnancy)’’ and inserting ‘‘1-year pe-
riod beginning on the last day of the preg-
nancy (or such longer period beginning on 
such day as the State may elect)’’; and 
(ii) by striking paragraph (16); 
(B) in section 1902(l)(1)(A), by striking 
‘‘60-day period beginning on the last day of the 
pregnancy’’ and inserting ‘‘1-year period begin-
ning on the last day of the pregnancy or such 
longer period beginning on such day as the 
State may elect’’; 
(C) in section 1903(v)(4)(A)(i), by striking 
‘‘60-day period beginning on the last day of the 
pregnancy’’ and inserting ‘‘1-year period begin-
ning on the last day of the pregnancy or such 
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longer period beginning on such day as the 
State may elect’’; and 
(D) in section 1905(a), in the 4th sentence 
in the matter following the last numbered para-
graph of such section, by striking ‘‘60-day pe-
riod beginning on the last day of her preg-
nancy’’ and inserting ‘‘1-year period beginning 
on the last day of the pregnancy, or such longer 
period beginning on such day as the State may 
elect,’’. 
(2) CHIP.—Section 2112 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ll) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking 
‘‘60-day period’’ and all that follows through 
the semicolon and inserting ‘‘1-year period be-
ginning on the last day of the pregnancy, or 
such longer period beginning on such day as the 
State may elect, ends;’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘60- 
day period (beginning on the last day of the 
pregnancy)’’ and inserting ‘‘1-year period begin-
ning on the last day of the pregnancy, or such 
longer period beginning on such day as the 
State may elect,’’. 
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