Title: To amend title XXI to allow for the blending of risk pools of children's health insurance buy-in programs with the risk pools of State child health plans under such title, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Health

Summary:
This bill allows a state to include in a single risk pool: (1) children enrolled in a state plan under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); and (2) children enrolled in a health insurance buy-in program that is run by the state and provides, at minimum, benefits identical to those provided under CHIP.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3927 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3927

     To amend title XXI to allow for the blending of risk pools of 
  children's health insurance buy-in programs with the risk pools of 
   State child health plans under such title, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 3, 2017

Mr. Bilirakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, 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 amend title XXI to allow for the blending of risk pools of 
  children's health insurance buy-in programs with the risk pools of 
   State child health plans 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. ENSURING STATE FLEXIBILITY IN OFFERING CHILDREN'S HEALTH 
              INSURANCE BUY-IN PROGRAMS.

    (a) Blending Risk Pools.--Section 2107 of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1397gg) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Use of Blended Risk Pools.--
            ``(1) In general.--Nothing in this title (or any other 
        provision of Federal law) shall be construed as preventing a 
        State from considering children enrolled in a qualified 
        children's health insurance buy-in program and children 
        enrolled in a State child health plan under this title (or a 
        waiver of such plan) as members of a single-risk pool.
            ``(2) Qualified children's health insurance buy-in 
        program.--In this subsection, the term `qualified children's 
        health insurance buy-in program' means a State program--
                    ``(A) under which children who are under the age of 
                18 and are not eligible to receive medical assistance 
                under title XIX or child health assistance under this 
                title may purchase coverage through the State that 
                provides benefits that are at least identical to the 
                benefits provided under the State child health plan 
                under this title (or a waiver of such plan); or
                    ``(B) that is funded exclusively through non-
                Federal funds, including funds received by the State in 
                the form of premiums for the purchase of such 
                coverage.''.
    (b) Minimum Essential Coverage.--
            (1) In general.--Section 5000A(f)(1)(A) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
                    (A) in clause (vi), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (vii), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(viii) a qualified children's health 
                        insurance buy-in program (as defined in section 
                        2107(g) of the Social Security Act).''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply with respect to taxable years beginning after 
        December 31, 2017.
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