123STA T .8PUBLIC LA W 111 – 3 —FE B. 4, 2 0 0 9PublicLaw1 11 –3 111 thCongres s A n Act Toamendti t l e X X I o f t h e S o c ial Sec ur it yA cttoe x tend and im p ro v e the C hildren ’sH ealth Insurance P ro g ram , and for other purposes .Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E
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EN D MENTS TO SOCIAL SEC U RIT Y ACT; RE F ERENCES; TA B LE OF CONTENTS. (a)SHORTTI T LE.— T hisActm a ybe cite d as the ‘ ‘ C hi l d r e n’ s H ealth I ns u rance P r og ram R eauthori z ation Act o f20 0 9 ’’. (b) A M E ND MENT S TO SO C I A L SEC U RIT Y ACT.— Ex ce p t as other -w ise specifically pro v ided , whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to that section or other provision of the Social Security Act. (c) RE F ERENCES TO CHIP
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EDICAID; SECRETARY.—In this Act
( 1 ) CHIP.—The term ‘‘CHIP’’ means the State Children’s Health Insurance Program established under title X XI of the Social Security Act ( 4 2 U .S.C. 1 3 9 7 aaetse q .). (2) MEDICAID.—The term ‘‘Medicaid’’ means the program for medical assistance established under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 139 6 et seq.). (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (d) TA B LE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1 . Short title
amendments to Social Security Act; references; ta b le of contents. Sec. 2 . Purpose. Sec. 3 . G eneral effective date; exception for State legislation; contingent effective date; reliance on la w . TIT LE I —F I N ANCING Subtitle A—Funding Sec. 1 0 1. Extension of CHIP. Sec. 102. Allotments for States and territories for fiscal years 200 9 through 2013. Sec. 103. Child Enrollment Contingency Fund. Sec. 10 4 . CHIP performance bonus payment to offset additional enrollment costs resulting from enrollment and retention efforts. Sec. 10 5 . Two - year initial availability of CHIP allotments. Sec. 10 6 . R edistribution of unused allotments. Sec. 10 7 . O ption for q ualifying States to receive the enhanced portion of the CHIP matching rate for M edicaid coverage of certain children. Sec. 10 8 . One-time appropriation. Sec. 109. Improving funding for the territories under CHIP and Medicaid. Subtitle B —Focus on Low-Income Children and Pregnant W omen Sec. 111. State option to cover low-income pregnant women under CHIP through a State plan amendment. 42USC1396note. 42 USC 13 05 note. C hildr en ’sH e a lth I ns u ran c e P ro g ra mR eauthori z ation A cto f 2009. F e b .4 , 2009 [ H.R. 2 ]
