Children's Health Insurance Protection (CHIP) Act

Bill: 113-hr-3931
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2014-01-27
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health

Medicaid

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2014-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Children's Health Insurance Protection (CHIP) Act - Amends XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to the income level of certain children born after September 30, 1983 (or, at the option of a state, after any earlier date), who are between 6 and 19 years of age. Maintains the income level at 100% of the income official poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved by repealing the increase to 113% of the poverty line scheduled to begin January 1, 2014.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3931 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 27, 2014 Mr. Dent (for himself, Ms. Schwartz , Mr. Gerlach , Mr. Meehan , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , and Mr. Barletta ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow for the continuation of the pre-ACA flexibility of States in providing CHIP coverage to low-income children.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Children's Health Insurance Protection (CHIP) Act . 2. Continuing pre-ACA State flexibility in providing CHIP coverage for low-income children Effective January 1, 2014, section 1902(l)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(l)(2)(C) ) is amended by striking (or, beginning January 1, 2014, 133 percent) .