Title: Child Health Outreach and Mentorship Program Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Child Health Outreach and Mentorship Program Act
This bill extends funding through FY2023 for specified outreach and enrollment grants under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Additionally, the bill expands the list of qualified grant recipients to include parent mentors.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2959 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2959

   To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow for parent 
mentors to be eligible to receive outreach and enrollment grants under 
the Children's Health Insurance Program under such title, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2017

 Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow for parent 
mentors to be eligible to receive outreach and enrollment grants under 
the Children's Health Insurance Program under such title, 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 ``Child Health Outreach and Mentorship 
Program Act''.

SEC. 2. OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT GRANTS UNDER CHIP.

    (a) Extension and Reauthorization.--
            (1) Extension.--Section 2113(a) of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1397mm(a)) is amended by striking ``2017'' and 
        inserting ``2023''.
            (2) Reauthorization.--Section 2113(g) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397mm(a)) is amended by striking 
        ``$140,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2015 
        and $40,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2016 and 2017'' 
        and inserting the following: ``$40,000,000 for the period of 
        fiscal years 2016 and 2017 and $20,000,000 for each of fiscal 
        years 2018 through 2023''.
    (b) Making Parent Mentors Eligible to Receive Grants.--Section 
2113(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397mm(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following 
        new subparagraph:
                    ``(H) Parent mentors.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Parent mentor.--The term `parent mentor' means an 
        individual who--
                    ``(A) is a parent or guardian of at least one child 
                who is an eligible child under this title or title XIX; 
                and
                    ``(B) is trained to assist families with children 
                who have no health insurance coverage with respect to 
                improving the social determinants of the health of such 
                children, including by providing--
                            ``(i) education about health insurance 
                        coverage, including, with respect to obtaining 
                        such coverage, eligibility criteria and 
                        application and renewal processes;
                            ``(ii) assistance with completing and 
                        submitting applications for health insurance 
                        coverage;
                            ``(iii) a liaison between families and 
                        representatives of State plans under title XIX 
                        or State child health plans under this title;
                            ``(iv) guidance on identifying medical and 
                        dental homes and community pharmacies for 
                        children; and
                            ``(v) assistance and referrals to 
                        successfully address social determinants of 
                        children's health, including poverty, food 
                        insufficiency, and housing.''.
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