S.Amdt. 3053
What it does: Adds SEC. 620. PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY at the end of subtitle B of title VI of the House amendment to the text
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 976
Adds SEC. 620. PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY at the end of subtitle B of title VI of the House amendment to the text
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. 620. PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Inserted: Section 2103(e) (42 U.S.C. 1397cc(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
Inserted: "(5) Personal empowerment through individual responsibility.--Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subsection or any other provision of this title, for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2008, a State shall not be considered to have an approved State child health plan unless the State has submitted a State plan amendment to the Secretary specifying how the State will impose premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, and other cost-sharing under the State child health plan (regardless of whether such plan is implemented under this title, title XIX, or both) for populations of individuals whose family income exceeds the effective income eligibility level applicable under the State child health plan for that population on the date of the enactment of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, in a manner that is consistent with the authority and limitations for imposed cost-sharing under section 1916A.".
Original wording
At the end of subtitle B of title VI of the House amendment to the text, add the following:
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As printed
SA 3053. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 976, to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title VI of the House amendment to the text, add the following:
SEC. 620. PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Section 2103(e) (42 U.S.C. 1397cc(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(5) Personal empowerment through individual responsibility.--Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subsection or any other provision of this title, for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2008, a State shall not be considered to have an approved State child health plan unless the State has submitted a State plan amendment to the Secretary specifying how the State will impose premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, and other cost-sharing under the State child health plan (regardless of whether such plan is implemented under this title, title XIX, or both) for populations of individuals whose family income exceeds the effective income eligibility level applicable under the State child health plan for that population on the date of the enactment of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, in a manner that is consistent with the authority and limitations for imposed cost-sharing under section 1916A.”.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 26, 2007