,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bahc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #a1  
#bjag,mr4 ,heller introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xxi of the 
,social ,security ,act to provide for a 
special rule during the first quarter of
 fiscal year #bjah for the              
redistribution of certain ,children's   
,health ,insurance ,program allocations 
for certain shortfall ,states4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,chip ,stability ,act4  #b4 ,,chip 
allocation redistribution special rule  
for certain shortfall ,states during    
first quarter of fiscal year #bjah      
,section #bajd7;f77#b7 of the ,social   
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acig;dd7f77#b77 is amended--  7#a7 by  
amending subparagraph 7,b7 to read as   
follows3  7,b7 ,determination of        
redistributed amounts if insufficient   
amounts available  7i7 ,proration rule  

,subject to clause 7ii71 if the amounts 
available for redistribution under      
paragraph 7#a7 for a fiscal year are    
less than the total amounts of the      
estimated shortfalls determined for the 
year under subparagraph 7,a71 the amount
 to be redistributed under such         
paragraph for each shortfall ,state     
shall be reduced proportionally4  7ii7  
,special rule for first quarter of      
fiscal year #bjah  7,i7 ,in general ,for
 the period beginning on ,october #a1   
#bjag1 and ending ,december #ca1 #bjag1 
with respect to any amounts available   
for redistribution under paragraph 7#a7 
for fiscal year #bjah1 the ,secretary   
shall redistribute under such paragraph 
such amounts to each emergency shortfall
 ,state 7as defined in subclause 7,,ii77
 in such amount as is equal to the      
amount of the shortfall described in    
subclause 7,,ii7 for such ,state and    
period 7as may be adjusted under        
subparagraph 7,c77 before the ,secretary
 may redistribute such amounts to any   

shortfall ,state that is not an         
emergency shortfall ,state4 ,in the case
 of any amounts redistributed under this
 subclause to a ,state that is not an   
emergency shortfall ,state1 such amounts
 shall be determined in accordance with 
clause 7i74  7,,ii7 ,emergency shortfall
 ,state defined ,for purposes of this   
clause1 the term emergency shortfall    
,state means1 with respect to the period
 beginning ,october #a1 #bjag1 and      
ending ,december #ca1 #bjag1 a shortfall
 ,state for which the ,secretary        
estimates1 in accordance with           
subparagraph 7,a7 7unless otherwise     
specified in this subclause71 that the  
projected expenditures under the ,state 
child health plan and under section     
#baje7;g7 7calculated as if the         
reference under section                 
#baje7;g77#d77;,a7 to #bjag were a      
reference to #bjah and insofar as the   
allotments are available to the ,state  
under this subsection or subsection 7e7 
or 7m77 for such period will exceed the 

sum of the amounts described in clauses 
7i7 through 7iii7 of subparagraph 7,a7  
for such period1 including after        
application of any amount redistributed 
under paragraph 7#a7 before such date of
 enactment to such ,state4 ,a shortfall 
,state may be an emergency shortfall    
,state under the previous sentence      
without regard to whether any amounts   
were redistributed before such date of  
enactment to such ,state under paragraph
 7#a7 for fiscal year #bjah4  7,,iii7   
,application of qualifying ,state option
 ,during the period described in        
subclause 7,i71 section #baje7;g77#d7   
shall apply to a qualifying ,state 7as  
defined in section #baje7;g77#b77 as if 
under section #baje7;g77#d7--  7aa7 the 
reference to #bjag were a reference to  
#bjah2 and  7bb7 the reference to under 
subsections 7e7 and 7m7 of such section 
were a reference to under subsections   
7e71 7f71 and 7m7 of such section4  2   
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      
following new subparagraph3  7,d7 ,rule 

of construction ,nothing in this        
paragraph may be construed as preventing
 a commonwealth or territory described  
in subsection 7c77#c7 from being treated
 as a shortfall ,state or an emergency  
shortfall ,state4  4