123STA T . 2 8PUBLIC LA W 111 – 3 —FE B. 4, 2 0 0 9serv e a s th e id e n ti f i c ati o nn umb er of the chi l d , and all claims shall be submitted and p aid under such number ( unless the S tate issues a separate identification number for the child before such period e x pires ).‘ ‘(f) S TA T ESPROVID I NGA SSISTAN C E TH RO U GH O THER O P TIONS. — ‘‘( 1 ) C ONTINUATION O F OTHER OPTIONS FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE.—The option to provide assistance in accordance w ith the precedin g subsections of this section shall not limit an y other option for a State to provide— ‘‘(A) child health assistance through the application of sections 457 .1 0 , 457. 3 50(b)( 2 ), 457. 6 22(c)(5), and 457.626(a)(3) of title 42, Code of F ederal R egulations (as in effect after the final rule adopted by the Secretary and set forth at 67 Fed. Reg. 61 9 56 – 61974 (October 2, 2002)), or ‘‘( B ) pregnancy - related services through the application of any waiver authority (as in effect on J une 1, 200 8 ). ‘‘(2) C L ARIFICATION OF AUTHORIT Y TO PROVIDE POSTPARTU M SERVICES.—Any State that provides child health assistance under any authority described in paragraph (1) may continue to provide such assistance, as well as postpartum services, through the end of the month in which the 60-day period (beginning on the last day of the pregnancy) ends, in the same manner as such assistance and postpartum services would be provided if provided under the State plan under title XI X, but only if the mother would otherwise satisfy the eligibility re q uirements that apply under the State child health plan (other than with respect to age) during such period. ‘‘(3) N O INFERENCE.—Nothing in this subsection shall be construed— ‘‘(A) to infer congressional intent regarding the legality or illegality of the content of the sections specified in para- graph (1)(A)
or ‘‘(B) to modify the authority to provide pregnancy- related services under a waiver specified in paragraph (1)(B). ’ ’. (b) ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) NO COST SHARING FOR PREGNANCY-RELATED B ENEFITS.— Section 2103(e)(2) (42 U .S.C. 1397cc(e)(2)) is amended— (A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘OR PREGNANCY- RELATED ASSISTANCE’’ after ‘‘PREVENTIVE SERVICES’’; and (B) by inserting before the period at the end the fol- lowing
‘‘or for pregnancy-related assistance’’. (2) NO W AITING PERIOD.—Section 2102(b)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 1397bb(b)(1)(B)) is amended— (A) in clause (i), by stri k ing ‘‘, and’’ at the end and inserting a semicolon; (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (C) by adding at the end the following new clause: ‘‘(iii) may not apply a waiting period (including a waiting period to carry out paragraph (3)(C)) in the case of a targeted low-income pregnant woman pro- vided pregnancy-related assistance under section 2112.’’.
