S.Amdt. 3056

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   Change 1: Strikes section 112

   StrikesSection 112 of the House amendment to the text and

   Removes section 112.

   Original wording

   Strike section 112 of the House amendment to the text and

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   Change 2: Adds SEC. 112. ELIMINATION OF COVERAGE FOR NONPREGNANT ADULTS at the end of the bill

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. 112. ELIMINATION OF COVERAGE FOR NONPREGNANT ADULTS.

   Inserted: (a) Elimination of Coverage.--Title XXI (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

   Inserted: "SEC. 2111. ELIMINATION OF COVERAGE FOR NONPREGNANT ADULTS.

   Inserted: "(a) No Coverage for Nonpregnant Childless Adults and Nonpregnant Parents.--

   Inserted: "(1) Termination of coverage under applicable existing waivers.--No funds shall be available under this title for child health assistance or other health benefits coverage that is provided for any other adult other than a pregnant woman after September 30, 2007.

   Inserted: "(2) No new waivers.--Notwithstanding section 1115 or any other provision of this title the Secretary shall not on or after the date of the enactment of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, approve or renew a waiver, experimental, pilot, or demonstration project that would allow funds made available under this title to be used to provide child health assistance or other health benefits coverage for any other adult other than a pregnant woman.

   Inserted: "(b) Increased Outreach and Coverage of Low-Income Children.--A State that, but for the application of subsections (a) and (b), would have expended funds for child health assistance or other health benefits coverage for an adult other than a pregnant woman after fiscal year 2007 shall use the funds that would have been expended for such assistance or coverage to conduct outreach to, and provide child health assistance for, low-income children who are eligible for such assistance under the State child health plan.

   Inserted: "(c) Nonapplication.--Beginning with fiscal year 2008, this title shall be applied without regard to any provision of this title that would be contrary to the prohibition on providing child health assistance or health benefits coverage for an adult other than a pregnant woman established under this section.".

   Inserted: (b) Conforming Amendments.--

   Inserted: (1) Section 2107(f) (42 U.S.C. 1397gg(f)) is amended--

   Inserted: (A) by striking ", the Secretary" and inserting ":

   Inserted: "(1) The Secretary";

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   Inserted: (B) in the first sentence, by inserting "or a nonpregnant parent (as defined in section 2111(d)(2)) of a targeted low-income child" before the period;

   Inserted: (C) by striking the second sentence; and

   Inserted: (D) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

   Inserted: "(2) The Secretary may not approve, extend, renew, or amend a waiver, experimental, pilot, or demonstration project with respect to a State after the date of enactment of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 that would waive or modify the requirements of section 2111.".

   Inserted: (2) Section 6102(c) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-171; 120 Stat. 131) is amended by striking "Nothing" and inserting "Subject to section 2111 of the Social Security Act, as added by section 106(a)(1) of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, nothing".

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