Sec. 311. Improvement of high risk pools

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Section 2745 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–45 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall provide from the funds appropriated under subsection (d)(3)(A) a grant of up to $5,000,000 to each State that has not created a qualified high risk pool as of September 1, 2013, for the State's costs of creation and initial operation of such a pool. ; in paragraphs

(1)and

(2)of subsection (b), by striking and (2)(A) and inserting (2)(A), (3)(B), and

(4)each place it appears; in subsection (b)(3), by inserting with respect to funds made available for fiscal years before fiscal year 2014, after applicable standard risks, ; by adding at the end of subsection

(b)the following new paragraph: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective upon the date of the enactment of this paragraph, only citizens and nationals of the United States shall be eligible to participate in a qualified high risk pool that receives funds under this section. As a condition of a State receiving such funds under this subsection for a fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2014, the Secretary shall require the State to certify, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that such State requires all applicants for coverage in the qualified high risk pool to provide satisfactory documentation of citizenship or nationality in a manner consistent with section 1903(x) of the Social Security Act. The Secretary shall keep sufficient records such that a determination of citizenship or nationality only has to be made once for any individual under this paragraph. ; and in subsection (d)— in paragraphs (1)(B) and

(2)by striking paragraph

(4)and inserting paragraph

(6); in paragraph (4), by striking or

(2)and inserting (2), (3)(B), or

(4); by redesignating paragraphs

(3)through

(5)as paragraphs

(5)through (7), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph

(2)the following: There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014— $50,000,000 to carry out the second sentence of subsection (a); and $2,450,000,000 which, subject to paragraph (6), shall be made available for allotments under subsection (b)(2). There are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2023 which, subject to paragraph (6), shall be made available for allotments under subsection (b)(2). .

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Improvement of high risk pools

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