OPTION FOR QUALIFYING STATES TO RECEIVE THE ENHANCED PORTION OF THE CHIP MATCHING RATE FOR MEDICAID COVERAGE OF CERTAIN CHILDREN.

SEC. 107. OPTION FOR QUALIFYING STATES TO RECEIVE THE ENHANCED PORTION OF THE CHIP MATCHING RATE FOR MEDICAID COVERAGE OF CERTAIN CHILDREN.(a) In General.—Section 2105(g) (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(g)) is amended—(1) in paragraph (1)(A), as amended by section 201(b)(1) of Public Law 110–173—(A) by inserting “subject to paragraph (4),” after “Notwithstanding any other provision of law,”; and(B) by striking “2008, or 2009” and inserting “or 2008”; and(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(4) Option for allotments for fiscal years 2009 through 2013.—“(A) Payment of enhanced portion of matching rate for certain expenditures.—In the case of expenditures described in subparagraph (B), a qualifying State (as defined in paragraph (2)) may elect to be paid from the State’s allotment made under section 2104 for any of fiscal years 2009 through 2013 (insofar as the allotment is available to the State under subsections (e) and (m) of such section) an amount each quarter equal to the additional amount that would have been paid to the State under title XIX with respect to such expenditures if the enhanced FMAP (as determined under subsection (b)) had 123 STAT. 25 been substituted for the Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in section 1905(b)).“(B) Expenditures described.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), the expenditures described in this subparagraph are expenditures made after the date of the enactment of this paragraph and during the period in which funds are available to the qualifying State for use under subparagraph (A), for the provision of medical assistance to individuals residing in the State who are eligible for medical assistance under the State plan under title XIX or under a waiver of such plan and who have not attained age 19 (or, if a State has so elected under the State plan under title XIX, age 20 or 21), and whose family income equals or exceeds 133 percent of the poverty line but does not exceed the Medicaid applicable income level.”.(b) Repeal of Limitation on Availability of Fiscal Year 2009 Allotments.—Paragraph (2) of section 201(b) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–173) is repealed.