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HR 4404 115th Congress House

State CHIP Flexibility Act of 2017

Official title: To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for an exception to the reduction to State allotments under the Children's Health Insurance Program for fiscal year 2018.

Introduced: November 21, 2017 Introduced by: Emmer, Tom Republican · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Nov 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 15, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Nov 15, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 17, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

State CHIP Flexibility Act of 2017

This bill establishes an exception to the requirement that unused Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) allotments to states for FY2017 be reduced by one-third. A state shall receive the exception if: (1) the remaining allotment amounts are with respect to expenditures incurred during any quarter of FY2017, (2) the state submitted a claim under its child health plan after September 30, 2017 and before December 31, 2017, and (3) the state could have alternatively submitted a claim for federal funding under its state Medicaid program.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1
Walz, Timothy
· Dec 1, 2017
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Nov 21, 2017
Lewis, Jason
· Nov 15, 2017
Paulsen, Erik
· Nov 15, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4404: State CHIP Flexibility Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4404/
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