Children's Health Assurance through the Medicaid Program (CHAMP) Act

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Children's Health Assurance through the Medicaid Program (CHAMP) Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow certain additional community-based entities to determine the presumptive Medicaid eligibility for low-income children. Includes among such entities: (1) elementary and secondary schools (including those operated or supported by the Bureau of Indian Affairs); (2) State child support enforcement agencies; (3) child care resource and referral agencies; and (4) State offices and private contractors that accept applications for or administer programs funded under SSA title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF), or that determine assistance or benefit eligibility for any federally-funded program of public or assisted housing under the United States Housing Act of 1937.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 30 July 1998

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• Introduced in Senate

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