,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cibg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #c1         
#bjag,mr4 ,bilirakis introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,ways and ,means1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,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 title1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,ensuring     
,state flexibility in offering          
children's health insurance buy-in      
programs  7a7 ,blending risk pools      
,section #bajg of the ,social ,security 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acig;gg7 is amended
 by adding at the end the following3    
7g7 ,use of blended risk pools  7#a7 ,in

 general ,nothing in this title 7or any 
other provision of ,federal law7 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 7or a waiver of such plan7 as     
members of a single-risk pool4  7#b7    
,qualified children's health insurance  
buy-in program ,in this subsection1 the 
term qualified children's health        
insurance buy-in program means a ,state 
program-- 7,a7 under which children who 
are under the age of #ah 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 7or a waiver of such plan72 or   
7,b7 that is funded exclusively through 
non-,federal funds1 including funds     

received by the ,state in the form of   
premiums for the purchase of such       
coverage4  4  7b7 ,minimum essential    
coverage  7#a7 ,in general ,section     
#ejjj;,a7f77#a77;,a7 of the ,internal   
,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended--    
7,a7 in clause 7vi71 by striking or at  
the end2  7,b7 in clause 7vii71 by      
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 or2 and  7,c7 by adding at  
the end the following new clause3       
7viii7 a qualified children's health    
insurance buy-in program 7as defined in 
section #bajg7;g7 of the ,social        
,security ,act74  4  7#b7 ,effective    
date ,the amendment made by paragraph   
7#a7 shall apply with respect to taxable
 years beginning after ,december #ca1   
#bjag4