,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #h1 #bjbj,ms4   
,wild 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1  
,mr4 ,michael ,f4 ,doyle of             
,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,ms4         
,scanlon1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mrs4         
,napolitano1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4   
,moore1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,texas1 ,mr4  
,hastings1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,wilson of
 ,florida1 ,mr4 ,neguse1 ,ms4 ,porter1  
,mr4 ,horsford1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4      
,raskin1 ,mrs4 ,mc,bath1 ,mr4 ,morelle1 
,mr4 ,ryan1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1   
,mrs4 ,axne1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mrs4 ,luria1 
,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 ,larson of            
,connecticut1 ,mrs4 ,fletcher1 ,mr4     
,brown of ,maryland1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4  
,evans1 ,mr4 ,lamb1 ,ms4 ,finkenauer1   
,ms4 ,houlahan1 ,mr4 ,cox of            
,california1 ,ms4 ,spanberger1 ,ms4     
,barragn1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,mrs4   
,beatty1 ,mr4 ,san ,nicolas1 ,mr4 ,danny
 ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,johnson 
of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4 ,carson of 

,indiana1 ,mr4 ,crow1 and ,ms4 ,fudge7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to increase  
support for ,state ,children's ,health  
,insurance programs during the          
,,covid-#ai emergency1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,children's ,health 
,insurance ,program ,pandemic           
,enhancement and ,relief ,act or the    
,,chipper ,act4  #b4 ,increasing the    
,,chip enhanced ,,fmap to help ,states  
respond to the ,,covid-#ai pandemic     
,section #baje7;b7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acig;ee7b77 is amended-- 7#a7 by       
striking ,for purposes of subsection    
7a71 and inserting the following3  7#a7 
,in general ,for purposes of subsection 
7a71  2  7#b7 in the second sentence--  
7,a7 by inserting 1 subject to paragraph
 7#b71 after #bc percentage points1 and2
 and  7,b7 by striking ,september #cj1  
#bjbj and inserting ,september #cj1     

#bjba2 and  7#c7 by adding at the end   
the following new paragraph3  7#b7      
,requirements ,during the period that   
begins on ,october #a1 #bjbj1 and ends  
on ,september #cj1 #bjba1 a ,state shall
 not receive the increase described in  
the second sentence of paragraph 7#a7 to
 the enhanced ,,fmap for such ,state1   
with respect to a quarter that occurs   
during such period1 if-- 7,a7 the amount
 of any premium imposed by the ,state   
under the ,state child health plan 7or a
 waiver of such plan7 during such       
quarter1 with respect to an individual  
enrolled under such plan 7or waiver71   
exceeds the amount of such premium as of
 ,january #a1 #bjbj2  7,b7 the ,state   
fails to provide that an individual who 
is enrolled for benefits under such plan
 7or waiver7 as of the date of enactment
 of this paragraph or enrolls for       
benefits under such plan 7or waiver7    
during the period beginning on such date
 of enactment and ending on the last day
 of the month in which the emergency    

period defined in paragraph 7#a77;,b7 of
 section #aace7;g7 ends shall be treated
 as eligible for such benefits through  
the end of the month in which such      
emergency period ends unless the        
individual requests a voluntary         
termination of eligibility or the       
individual ceases to be a resident of   
the ,state2  7,c7 the ,state does not   
provide coverage under such plan 7or    
waiver71 without the imposition of cost 
sharing1 during such quarter for any    
testing services and treatments for     
,,covid-#ai1 including vaccines1        
specialized equipment1 and therapies2   
7,d7 the ,state imposes a waiting period
 under the ,state child health plan     
prior to the provision of child health  
assistance to a targeted low-income     
child2 or  7,e7 the ,state fails to take
 active measures 7as determined by the  
,secretary7 to identify and re-enroll   
children who are eligible for child     
health assistance under the ,state plan 
and who were previously enrolled in such

 plan4  4