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S 214 111th Congress Senate Health Child health Health care costs and insurance Medicaid Poverty and welfare assistance

Children's Health Equity Technical Amendments Act of 2009

Introduced: January 12, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Jan 12, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S315)
Jan 12, 2009
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Jan 12, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S315)
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Children's Health Equity Technical Amendments Act of 2009 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, to permit qualifying states to use their SCHIP allotments without fiscal year or percentage limitations for certain Medicaid expenditures for individuals under age 19 whose family income exceeds 150% of the poverty line.

Revises the eligibility requirements for such allowable expenditures to reduce the family income threshold from a minimum of 150% of the poverty line to a minimum of 125% of the poverty line.

What's happening now January 12, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S315)

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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Jun 9, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 214: Children's Health Equity Technical Amendments Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-214/
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"S. 214: Children's Health Equity Technical Amendments Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-214/.
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S. 214, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-214/.
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