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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1901
5	5	To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permanently extend the
6	6	Children’s Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	MARCH6, 2025
9	9	Ms. B
10	10	ARRAGA´N(for herself, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr.
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12	12	OHEN, Ms. CASTORof Florida, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. VARGAS, Ms.
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14	14	ORTON, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN, Ms. TITUS, Mr.
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16	16	ULLIN, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. STRICKLAND, Ms. WATERS, Mr.
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18	18	OTO, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. MFUME, Ms. ANSARI, Mrs.
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20	20	HERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. POCAN, and
21	21	Mr. V
22	22	ASQUEZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
23	23	Committee on Energy and Commerce
24	24	A BILL
25	25	To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to perma-
26	26	nently extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program,
27	27	and for other purposes.
28	28	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
29	29	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
30	30	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
31	31	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Children’s Health In-4
32	32	surance Program Permanency Act’’ or the ‘‘CHIPP Act’’. 5
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36	36	SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF CHILDREN’S HEALTH 1
37	37	INSURANCE PROGRAM. 2
38	38	(a) I
39	39	NGENERAL.—Section 2104(a)(28) of the Social 3
40	40	Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a)(28)) is amended to 4
41	41	read as follows: 5
42	42	‘‘(28) for fiscal year 2029 and each subsequent 6
43	43	year, such sums as are necessary to fund allotments 7
44	44	to States under subsections (c) and (m).’’. 8
45	45	(b) A
46	46	LLOTMENTS.— 9
47	47	(1) I
48	48	N GENERAL.—Section 2104(m) of the So-10
49	49	cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(m)) is amend-11
50	50	ed— 12
51	51	(A) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘, 13
52	52	2023, and 2029’’ and inserting ‘‘and 2023’’; 14
53	53	(B) in paragraph (5)— 15
54	54	(i) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and 16
55	55	inserting ‘‘for a fiscal year before 2029’’; 17
56	56	and 18
57	57	(ii) by striking ‘‘2023, or 2029’’ and 19
58	58	inserting ‘‘or 2023’’; 20
59	59	(C) in paragraph (7)— 21
60	60	(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 22
61	61	‘‘and ending with fiscal year 2029,’’; and 23
62	62	(ii) in the flush left matter at the end, 24
63	63	by striking ‘‘or fiscal year 2028’’ and in-25
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67	67	serting ‘‘fiscal year 2028, or a subsequent 1
68	68	even-numbered fiscal year’’; 2
69	69	(D) in paragraph (9)— 3
70	70	(i) by striking ‘‘(10), or (11)’’ and in-4
71	71	serting ‘‘or (10)’’; and 5
72	72	(ii) by striking ‘‘2023, or 2029,’’ and 6
73	73	inserting ‘‘or 2023’’; and 7
74	74	(E) by striking paragraph (11). 8
75	75	(2) C
76	76	ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Section 9
77	77	50101(b)(2) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 10
78	78	(Public Law 115–123) is repealed. 11
79	79	SEC. 3. PERMANENT EXTENSIONS OF OTHER PROGRAMS 12
80	80	AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. 13
81	81	(a) P
82	82	EDIATRICQUALITYMEASURESPROGRAM.— 14
83	83	Section 1139A(i)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 15
84	84	1320b–9a(i)(1)) is amended— 16
85	85	(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking at the end 17
86	86	‘‘and’’; 18
87	87	(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 19
88	88	at the end and insert a semicolon; and 20
89	89	(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-21
90	90	paragraphs: 22
91	91	‘‘(E) for fiscal year 2030, $15,000,000 for 23
92	92	the purpose of carrying out this section (other 24
93	93	than subsections (e), (f), and (g)); and 25
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97	97	‘‘(F) for a subsequent fiscal year, the 1
98	98	amount appropriated under this paragraph for 2
99	99	the previous fiscal year, increased by the per-3
100	100	centage increase in the consumer price index for 4
101	101	all urban consumers (all items; United States 5
102	102	city average) over such previous fiscal year, for 6
103	103	the purpose of carrying out this section (other 7
104	104	than subsections (e), (f), and (g)).’’. 8
105	105	(b) E
106	106	XPRESSLANEELIGIBILITYOPTION.—Section 9
107	107	1902(e)(13) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 10
108	108	1396a(e)(13)) is amended by striking subparagraph (I). 11
109	109	(c) A
110	110	SSURANCE OFAFFORDABILITYSTANDARD FOR 12
111	111	C
112	112	HILDREN ANDFAMILIES.— 13
113	113	(1) I
114	114	N GENERAL.—Section 2105(d)(3) of the 14
115	115	Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(d)(3)) is 15
116	116	amended— 16
117	117	(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 17
118	118	‘‘
119	119	THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30 , 2029’’; and 18
120	120	(B) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 19
121	121	preceding clause (i)— 20
122	122	(i) by striking ‘‘During the period 21
123	123	that begins on the date of enactment of 22
124	124	the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 23
125	125	Act and ends on September 30, 2029’’ and 24
126	126	inserting ‘‘Beginning on the date of the en-25
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129	129	•HR 1901 IH
130	130	actment of the Patient Protection and Af-1
131	131	fordable Care Act’’; 2
132	132	(ii) by striking ‘‘During the period 3
133	133	that begins on October 1, 2019, and ends 4
134	134	on September 30, 2029’’ and inserting 5
135	135	‘‘Beginning on October 1, 2019’’; and 6
136	136	(iii) by striking ‘‘The preceding sen-7
137	137	tences shall not be construed as preventing 8
138	138	a State during any such periods from’’ and 9
139	139	inserting ‘‘The preceding sentences shall 10
140	140	not be construed as preventing a State 11
141	141	from’’. 12
142	142	(2) C
143	143	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .—Section 13
144	144	1902(gg)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 14
145	145	1396a(gg)(2)) is amended— 15
146	146	(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 16
147	147	‘‘
148	148	THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30 , 2029’’; and 17
149	149	(B) by striking ‘‘through September 30’’ 18
150	150	and all that follows through ‘‘ends on Sep-19
151	151	tember 30, 2029’’ and inserting ‘‘(but begin-20
152	152	ning on October 1, 2019,)’’. 21
153	153	(d) Q
154	154	UALIFYING STATES OPTION.—Section 22
155	155	2105(g)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 23
156	156	1397ee(g)(4)) is amended— 24
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160	160	(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘FOR 1
161	161	FISCAL YEARS 2009 THROUGH 2029 ’’ and inserting 2
162	162	‘‘
163	163	AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2008’’; and 3
164	164	(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘for any 4
165	165	of fiscal years 2009 through 2029’’ and inserting 5
166	166	‘‘for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2008’’. 6
167	167	(e) O
168	168	UTREACH AND ENROLLMENTPROGRAM.—Sec-7
169	169	tion 2113 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397mm) 8
170	170	is amended— 9
171	171	(1) in subsection (a)— 10
172	172	(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘during 11
173	173	the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2029’’ 12
174	174	and inserting ‘‘, beginning with fiscal year 13
175	175	2009,’’; 14
176	176	(B) in paragraph (2)— 15
177	177	(i) by striking ‘‘10 percent of such 16
178	178	amounts’’ and inserting ‘‘10 percent of 17
179	179	such amounts for the period or the fiscal 18
180	180	year for which such amounts are appro-19
181	181	priated’’; and 20
182	182	(ii) by striking ‘‘during such period’’ 21
183	183	and inserting ‘‘, during such period or such 22
184	184	fiscal year,’’; and 23
185	185	(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘For the 24
186	186	period of fiscal years 2024 through 2029, an 25
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189	189	•HR 1901 IH
190	190	amount equal to 10 percent of such amounts’’ 1
191	191	and inserting ‘‘Beginning with fiscal year 2024, 2
192	192	an amount equal to 10 percent of such amounts 3
193	193	for the period or the fiscal year for which such 4
194	194	amounts are appropriated’’; and 5
195	195	(2) in subsection (g)— 6
196	196	(A) by striking ‘‘and $40,000,000’’ and in-7
197	197	serting ‘‘$40,000,000’’; and 8
198	198	(B) by inserting after ‘‘and 2029’’ the fol-9
199	199	lowing: ‘‘, $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2030, 10
200	200	and, for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2030, 11
201	201	the amount appropriated under this subsection 12
202	202	for the previous fiscal year, increased by the 13
203	203	percentage increase in the consumer price index 14
204	204	for all urban consumers (all items; United 15
205	205	States city average) over such previous fiscal 16
206	206	year’’. 17
207	207	(f) C
208	208	HILDENROLLMENT CONTINGENCY FUND.— 18
209	209	Section 2104(n) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 19
210	210	1397dd(n)) is amended— 20
211	211	(1) in paragraph (2)— 21
212	212	(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii)— 22
213	213	(i) by striking ‘‘and 2024 through 23
214	214	2028’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning with fiscal 24
215	215	year 2024’’; and 25
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219	219	(ii) by striking ‘‘2023, and 2029’’ and 1
220	220	inserting ‘‘, and 2023’’; and 2
221	221	(B) in subparagraph (B)— 3
222	222	(i) by striking ‘‘2024 through 2028’’ 4
223	223	and inserting ‘‘beginning with fiscal year 5
224	224	2024’’; and 6
225	225	(ii) by striking ‘‘2023, and 2029’’ and 7
226	226	inserting ‘‘, and 2023’’; and 8
227	227	(2) in paragraph (3)(A)— 9
228	228	(A) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2024 through 10
229	229	2028’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2024 or any 11
230	230	subsequent fiscal year’’; and 12
231	231	(B) by striking ‘‘2023, or 2029’’ and in-13
232	232	serting ‘‘, or 2023’’. 14
233	233	SEC. 4. STATE OPTION TO INCREASE CHILDREN’S ELIGI-15
234	234	BILITY FOR MEDICAID AND CHIP. 16
235	235	Section 2110(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act 17
236	236	(42 U.S.C. 1397jj(b)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended— 18
237	237	(1) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 19
238	238	end; 20
239	239	(2) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 21
240	240	end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 22
241	241	(3) by inserting after subclause (III) the fol-23
242	242	lowing new subclause: 24
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246	246	‘‘(IV) at the option of the State, 1
247	247	whose family income exceeds the maximum 2
248	248	income level otherwise established for chil-3
249	249	dren under the State child health plan as 4
250	250	of the date of the enactment of this sub-5
251	251	clause; and’’. 6
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