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110th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 751

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 2, 2007

Mr. Grassley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to modify certain administrative eligibility rules relating to children born in the United States to Medicaid-eligible mothers.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Guaranteed Access to Medicaid for Newborns Act of 2007.

Modification of certain administrative eligibility rules relating to children born in the United States to Medicaid-eligible mothers

(a)

Satisfaction of citizenship documentation requirement

(1)

In general

Section 1903(x)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(x)(2)), as inserted by section 6036(a)(2) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–171; 120 Stat. 80) and amended by section 405(c)(1)(A) of division B of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–432), is amended—

(A)

in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking or at the end;

(B)

by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and

(C)

by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:

(D)

on the basis of section 1902(e)(4) or with respect to any period of eligibility of such an individual that occurs after a period of eligibility on such basis; or

(2)

Effective date

(A)

Retroactive application

The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if enacted on July 1, 2006.

(B)

State option for retroactive restoration of eligibility

In the case of an individual who, during the period that began on July 1, 2006, and ends on the date of enactment of this Act, was determined to be ineligible for medical assistance under a State Medicaid program solely as a result of the application of subsections (i)(22) and (x) of section 1903 of the Social Security Act, but who would have been determined eligible for such assistance if section 1903(x) of such Act, as amended by paragraph (1), had been applied to the individual, a State may deem the individual to be eligible for such assistance as of the date that the individual was determined to be ineligible for such medical assistance on such basis.

(b)

State requirement To issue separate identification number

The second sentence of section 1902(e)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(4)) is amended by inserting or the child was born in the United States to an alien mother for whom medical assistance for the delivery of the child is made available pursuant to section 1903(v), in which case the State immediately shall issue a separate identification number for the child upon notification by the facility at which such delivery occurred of the child's birth after expires.