,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #d1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,gene ,green of ,texas introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title   
,,xix of the ,social ,security ,act to  
require #ab-month continuous coverage   
for children under ,medicaid4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,ensuring ,continuous ,medicaid     
,coverage for ,children ,act of #bjac4  
#b4 ,requirement of #ab-month continuous
 coverage for children under ,medicaid  
7a7 ,in general ,section #aijb of the   
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acif;a7 is amended--  7#a7 in          
subsection 7a7--  7,a7 by striking and  
at the end of paragraph 7#gd72  7,b7 by 
striking and at the end of paragraph    
7#hb72  7,c7 by striking the period at  
the end of paragraph 7#hc7 and inserting
 2 and2 and  7,d7 by inserting after    
paragraph 7#hc7 the following new       

paragraph3  7#hd7 meet the requirement  
of subsection 7e77#ab74  2 and  7#b7 in 
subsection 7e77#ab71 by striking ,at the
 option of a ,state1 the plan may and   
inserting ,the ,state plan under this   
title shall4  7b7 ,effective date  7#a7 
,in general ,except as provided under   
paragraph 7#b71 the amendments made by  
subsection 7a7 shall take effect on     
,october #a1 #bjac1 and shall apply to  
individuals who were determined eligible
 for medical assistance before1 on1 or  
after such date4  7#b7 ,special rule for
 ,state legislation ,in the case of a   
,state plan for medical assistance under
 title ,,xix of the ,social ,security   
,act which the ,secretary of ,health and
 ,human ,services determines requires   
,state legislation 7other than          
legislation appropriating funds7 in     
order for the plan to meet the          
additional requirement imposed by the   
amendment made by this section1 the     
,state plan shall not be regarded as    
failing to comply with the requirements 

of such title solely on the basis of its
 failure to meet that additional        
requirement before the later of the     
following dates3  7,a7 ,the first day of
 the first calendar quarter beginning   
after the close of the first regular    
session of the ,state legislature that  
begins after the date of the enactment  
of this ,act4  7,b7 ,october #a1 #bjac4 
,for purposes of subparagraph 7,a71 in  
the case of a ,state that has a #b-year 
legislative session1 each year of such  
session shall be deemed to be a separate
 regular session of the ,state          
legislature4