To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow States to expand income eligibility standards under the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6098 To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow States to expand income eligibility standards under the Children’s Health Insurance Pro- gram, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 5, 2020 Ms. BARRAGA´N introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow States to expand income eligibility standards under the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. STATE OPTION TO EXPAND INCOME ELIGI- 3 BILITY STANDARDS UNDER CHILDREN’S 4 HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. 5 Section 2110(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act 6 (42 U.S.C. 1397jj(b)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended— 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:20 Mar 12, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6098.IH H6098 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6098 IH (1) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 1 end; 2 (2) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 3 end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 4 (3) by inserting after subclause (III) the fol- 5 lowing new subclause: 6 ‘‘(IV) at the option of the State, 7 whose family income exceeds the max- 8 imum income level otherwise estab- 9 lished for children under the State 10 child health plan as of the date of the 11 enactment of this subclause; and’’. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:20 Mar 12, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6098.IH H6098 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS