Sec. 7. 12-month continuous coverage for pregnant and postpartum individuals under Medicaid and CHIP
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(5)of section 1902(e) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(e) ) is amended to read as follows: Any individual who is eligible for medical assistance under the State plan or a waiver of such plan and who is, or who while so eligible becomes, pregnant, shall continue to be eligible under the plan or waiver for medical assistance that provides at least essential health benefits as described in section 1302(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, through the end of the month in which the 1-year period (beginning on the last day of her pregnancy) ends, regardless of the basis for the individual's eligibility for medical assistance, including if the individual's eligibility for medical assistance is on the basis of being pregnant. . Title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) is amended— in section 1902— in subsection (a)(10), in the matter following subparagraph
(G)by striking
(VII)the medical assistance and all that follows through complicate pregnancy, ; in subsection (e)(6), by striking 60-day and inserting 1-year ; and in subsection (l)(1)(A), by striking 60-day and inserting 1-year ; in section 1903(v)(4)(A)(i), by striking 60-day and inserting 1-year ; and in section 1905(a), in the 4th sentence in the matter following paragraph (30), by striking 60-day and inserting 1-year . Section 2107(e)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1) ) is amended— by redesignating subparagraphs
(H)through
(S)as subparagraphs
(I)through (T), respectively; and by inserting after subparagraph (G), the following: Section 1902(e)(5) (requiring 12-month continuous coverage for pregnant individuals). . Subsections (d)(2)(A) and (f)(2) of section 2112 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397ll ) are each amended by striking 60-day and inserting 1-year . Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter that begins on or after the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. In the case of a State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act or a State child health plan under title XXI of such Act that the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation in order for the respective plan to meet any requirement imposed by amendments made by this section, the respective plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such title solely on the basis of its failure to meet such an additional requirement before the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the State legislature that begins after the date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session shall be considered to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.
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Sec. 7
12-month continuous coverage for pregnant and postpartum individuals under Medicaid and CHIP
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