,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahgi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bf1 #bjai,mr4
 ,kennedy 7for himself and ,mr4 ,katko7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend     
titles ,,xix and ,,xxi of the ,social   
,security ,act to provide for #ab-month 
continuous enrollment of individuals    
under the ,medicaid program and         
,children's ,health ,insurance ,program1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,stabilize ,medicaid and ,,chip         
,coverage ,act4  #b4 #ab-month          
continuous enrollment  7a7 ,requirement 
of #ab-,month continuous enrollment     
under ,medicaid ,section #aijb7;e77#ab7 
of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7e77#ab77 is amended to
 read as follows3  7#ab7 #ab-month      
continuous enrollment ,notwithstanding  
any other provision of this title1 a    
,state plan approved under this title   

7or under any waiver of such plan       
approved pursuant to section #aaae or   
section #aiae71 shall provide that an   
individual who is determined to be      
eligible for benefits under such plan   
7or waiver7 shall remain eligible and   
enrolled for such benefits through the  
end of the month in which the #ab-month 
period 7beginning on the date of        
determination of eligibility7 ends4  4  
7b7 ,requirement of #ab-,month          
continuous enrollment under ,,chip  7#a7
 ,in general ,section #bajb7;b7 of the  
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acig;bb7b77 is amended by adding at the
 end the following new paragraph3  7#f7 
,requirement for #ab-month continuous   
enrollment ,notwithstanding any other   
provision of this title1 a ,state child 
health plan that provides child health  
assistance under this title through a   
means other than described in section   
#baja7;a77#b71 shall provide that an    
individual who is determined to be      
eligible for benefits under such plan   

shall remain eligible and enrolled for  
such benefits through the end of the    
month in which the #ab-month period     
7beginning on the date of determination 
of eligibility7 ends4  4  7#b7          
,conforming amendment ,section          
#baje7;a77#d77;,a7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acig;ee7a77#d77;,a77 is amended-- 7,a7 
by striking has elected the option of   
and inserting is in compliance with the 
requirement for2 and  7,b7 by striking  
applying such policy under its ,state   
child health plan under this title and  
inserting in compliance with section    
#bajb7;b74  7c7 ,effective date  7#a7   
,in general ,except as provided in      
paragraph 7#b7 or 7#c71 the amendments  
made by subsections 7a7 and 7b7 shall   
apply to determinations 7and            
redeterminations7 of eligibility made on
 or after the date that is #ah months   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4  7#b7 ,extension of effective date
 for ,state law amendment ,in the case  

of a ,state plan under title ,,xix or   
,state child health plan under title    
,,xxi of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #acif et seq42 #db ,u4,s4,c4 
#acig;aa et seq47 which the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services         
determines requires ,state legislation  
7other than legislation appropriating   
funds7 in order for the respective plan 
to meet the additional requirement      
imposed by the amendment made by        
subsection 7a7 or 7b71 respectively1 the
 respective plan shall not be regarded  
as failing to comply with the           
requirements of such title solely on the
 basis of its failure to meet such      
applicable additional requirement before
 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 enactment of this ,act4 ,for purposes
 of the previous sentence1 in the case  
of a ,state that has a #b-year          
legislative session1 each year of the   

session is considered to be a separate  
regular session of the ,state           
legislature4  7#c7 ,option to implement 
#ab-month continuous eligibility prior  
to effective date ,a ,state may elect   
through a ,state plan amendment under   
title ,,xix or ,,xxi of the ,social     
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif et  
seq42 #db ,u4,s4,c4 #acig;aa et seq47 to
 apply the amendment made by subsection 
7a7 or 7b71 respectively1 on any date   
prior to the #ah-month date specified in
 paragraph 7#a71 but not sooner than the
 date of the enactment of this ,act4