S.Amdt. 549

SA 549. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 1628, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to
title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2017; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. INCREASE IN CHIP ELIGIBILITY AGE.

(a) In General.--Section 2110(c)(1) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1397jj(c)(1)) is amended by striking ``19''
and inserting ``26''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 2112(b)(1)(B) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ll(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``19
years of age under this title (or title XIX)'' and inserting
``26 years of age under this title (or, in the case of title
XIX, under 19 years of age or such higher age as the State
has elected for purposes of the eligibility of a child under
the State plan under that title or under a waiver of that
plan)''.
(c) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to eligibility determinations made after
the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this section.
(2) Exception for state legislation.--In the case of a
State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act that
the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines
requires State legislation in order for the respective plan
to meet any requirement imposed by amendments made by this
section, the respective plan shall not be regarded as failing
to comply with the requirements of

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such title solely on the basis of its failure to meet such an
additional requirement before the first day of the first
calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first
regular session of the State legislature that begins after
the date of the enactment of this Act. For purposes of the
previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year
legislative session, each year of the session shall be
considered to be a separate regular session of the State
legislature.
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