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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: January 4, 2007 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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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), as amended by the National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006, 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 implement at least three of the following policies and procedures: (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 January 4, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jan 4, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 142: 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.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-142/
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"S. 142: 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.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-142/.
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S. 142, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-142/.
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[S. 142: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-142/)
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