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Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act

To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program.

Introduced Jun 12, 2025

Latest action (Jun 12, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Referred to
Finance Committee
Policy area
Health
Issues
Healthcare

Summary
  • Requires Medicaid to continuously enroll eligible individuals for 12 months without interruption due to income or status changes.
  • Extends the 12-month continuous enrollment requirement to the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
  • Removes age restrictions that previously limited 12-month continuous enrollment to individuals under age 19.
  • Changes the program language from applying only to "children" to applying to broader "individuals" to expand coverage eligibility.
  • Takes effect on the first day of the first fiscal quarter beginning on or after December 31, 2026.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
10 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jun 12, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
  2. Jun 12, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 12, 2025

Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Warren, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Smith, Mr. Welch, and Ms. Alsobrooks) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under the Medicaid program and Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act”.

SEC. 2. PROVIDING FOR 12-MONTH CONTINUOUS ENROLLMENT OF INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM.

(a) In General.—Section 1902(e)(12) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(12)), as amended by section 5112 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, is further amended—

(1) in the header, by striking “for children”;

(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “who is under the age of 19 and”;

(3) in subparagraph (A), by adding “or” at the end;

(4) by striking subparagraph (B); and

(5) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).

(b) CHIP.—Section 2107(e)(1)(K) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)(K)), as amended by section 5112 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, is further amended—

(1) by striking “for children”;

(2) by striking “a targeted low-income child” and inserting “an individual”; and

(3) by striking “child becomes” and inserting “individual becomes”.

(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal quarter that begins on or after December 31, 2026. <all>

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