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116th Congress
Senate
Health
Child health
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Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act of 2019
Introduced: March 26, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 26, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 26, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act of 2019
This bill requires the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and state Medicaid programs to provide 12-month continuous enrollment for eligible individuals.
The bill also establishes bonus payments for states that implement certain Medicaid enrollment and retention policies for specified categories of individuals (e.g., children), such as aligning income eligibility standards with those of other insurance affordability programs.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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