Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act

Bill: 118-s-3138
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-10-26
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health

Health care costs and insurance

Medicaid

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3138 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 26, 2023 Mr. Brown (for himself, Ms. Baldwin , Ms. Warren , and Mr. Whitehouse ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under the Medicaid program and Children’s Health Insurance Program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act . 2. Providing for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under the Medicaid program and Children’s Health Insurance Program (a) In general Section 1902(e)(12) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(12) ), as amended by section 5112 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, is further amended— (1) in the header, by striking for children ; (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking who is under the age of 19 and ; (3) in subparagraph (A), by adding or at the end; (4) by striking subparagraph (B); and (5) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). (b) CHIP Section 2107(e)(1)(K) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)(K) ), as amended by section 5112 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, is further amended— (1) by striking for children ; (2) by striking a targeted low-income child and inserting an individual ; and (3) by striking child becomes and inserting individual becomes . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal quarter that begins on or after the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.