,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #baa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #d1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,serrano 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 waive the     
requirement for proof of citizenship    
during the first year of life for       
children born in the ,united ,states to 
a ,medicaid-eligible mother4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,medicaid ,newborn ,coverage ,act of    
#bjac4  #b4 ,waiver of requirement of   
proof of citizenship during first year  
of life for children born in the ,united
 ,states to a ,medicaid-eligible mother 
7a7 ,in general ,section #aijc7x77#b7 of
 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #acif;b7x77#b77 is amended--  
7#a7 by redesignating subparagraphs 7,d7
 and 7,e7 as subparagraphs 7,e7 and     
7,f71 respectively2 and  7#b7 by        
inserting after subparagraph 7,c7 the   

following new subparagraph3  7,d7 and is
 a child born to a woman eligible for   
and receiving medical assistance under  
this title on the date of the child's   
birth1 without regard to the child's    
basis of eligibility for medical        
assistance1 but only with respect to    
medical assistance for items and        
services furnished during the child's   
first year of life2  4  7b7 ,effective  
date ,the amendments made by this       
section shall take effect on the date of
 the enactment of this ,act and section 
#aijc7x77#b77;,d7 of the ,social        
,security ,act1 as inserted by          
subsection 7a77#b71 shall apply to      
children born on or after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act4