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A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow qualifying States to use all or any portion of their allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program for certain Medicaid…

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A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow qualifying States to use all or any portion of their allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program for certain Medicaid expenditures.

Introduced: September 21, 2006 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Sep 21, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9902-9903)
Sep 21, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9901-9902)
Sep 21, 2006
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow qualifying states to use all or any portion (currently, up to 20%) of their allotments under SCHIP for certain Medicaid (SSA title XIX) expenditures.

Requires qualifying states to meet at least three of certain policies and procedures, including: (1) a simplified application process; (2) elimination of any asset test; (3) twelve-month continuous eligibility; and (4) easy access to enrollment staff.

What's happening now September 21, 2006

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9902-9903)

 Bill text 1 version

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Murray, Patty
Washington · Sep 21, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3924: A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow qualifying States to use all or any portion of their allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program for certain Medicaid expenditures.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-3924/
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"S. 3924: A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow qualifying States to use all or any portion of their allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program for certain Medicaid expenditures.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-3924/.
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S. 3924, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-3924/.
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