,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cdhe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bd1
 #bjah,ms4 ,cantwell 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,schumer1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 and ,ms4   
,stabenow7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to allow ,states to expand     
basic health programs to cover more     
low-income individuals at lower cost4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,basic ,health ,program         
,expansion ,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,optional
 expanded eligibility for basic health  
programs ,section #acca7;e77#a77;,b7 of 
the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable
 ,care ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4              
#ahjea7;e77#a77 is amended to read as   
follows3  7,b7 7i7 whose household      
income exceeds #acc percent but does not
 exceed #bjj percent of the poverty line
 for the size of the family involved1   
or1 at the option of the ,state1 whose  

household income exceeds #acc percent   
for the size of the family involved but 
does not exceed the income eligibility  
level for a targeted low-income child   
established under the ,state child      
health plan under title ,,xxi of the    
,social ,security ,act2 or  7ii7 in the 
case of an alien lawfully present in the
 ,united ,states1 whose income is not   
greater than #acc percent of the poverty
 line for the size of the family        
involved but who is not eligible for the
 ,medicaid program under title ,,xix of 
the ,social ,security ,act by reason of 
such alien status2  4  #c4 ,start-up    
funding flexibility for new basic health
 programs ,section #acca7;d77#b7 of the 
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4               
#ahjea7;d77#b77 is amended by inserting 
1 or1 with respect to the basic health  
program of a ,state1 for the #a-year    
period beginning on the date on which   
the ,secretary certifies such program1  
to cover ,state costs associated with   

developing and implementing such program
 before the period of the first         
sentence4