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109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1587
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 29, 2005
Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Domenici, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Alexander, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Reed, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Dayton) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permit qualifying States to use a portion of their allotments under the State children’s health insurance program for any fiscal year for certain medicaid expenditures.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Children’s Health Equity Technical
Amendment Act of 2005
.
Authority for qualifying States to use portion of schip allotment for any fiscal year for certain medicaid expenditures
In general
Section
2105(g)(1)(A) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1397ee(g)(1)(A)) is amended by striking fiscal year
1998, 1999, 2000, or 2001
and inserting a fiscal
year
.
Effective date
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2004.