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Children’s Health Insurance Program Permanency Act or the CHIPP Act
This bill permanently extends the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and related measures, programs, and authorities.
Specifically, the bill permanently funds CHIP and related programs that support the development of child health quality measures and outreach and enrollment efforts. The bill also permanently authorizes the Medicaid and CHIP express lane eligibility option, which allows states to use information from designated programs (e.g., the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) to streamline eligibility determinations for children. Additionally, under the bill, states may expand eligibility to children whose family income exceeds the otherwise applicable limits.
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Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] · D–CA
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-06 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Children’s Health Insurance Program Permanency Act would provide ongoing federal funding for state Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) allocations beginning in fiscal year 2029. It would also extend related children’s health programs and remove specified expiration dates. States could choose to include children whose family income exceeds their state CHIP plan’s income ceiling at enactment. These are proposed changes, not evidence of enacted law.
This Act may be cited as the Children’s Health Insurance Program Permanency Act or the CHIPP Act.
for fiscal year 2029 and each subsequent year, such sums as are necessary to fund allotments to States under subsections (c) and (m).
3. Permanent extensions of other programs and demonstration projects
at the option of the State, whose family income exceeds the maximum income level otherwise established for children under the State child health plan as of the date of the enactment of this subclause
Section 2 would provide whatever sums are necessary to fund state CHIP allocations under the referenced statutory rules for fiscal year 2029 and every later fiscal year. The proposed language sets no fixed dollar cap or ending year.
Section 2104(a)(28) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a)(28)) is amended to read as follows: (28) for fiscal year 2029 and each subsequent year, such sums as are necessary to fund allotments to States under subsections (c) and (m).
Section 2 would revise the rules for allocating CHIP funds to states. Among its changes, it would restrict paragraph (5) to fiscal years before 2029, remove paragraph (7)’s 2029 endpoint, extend an even-year reference beyond 2028, and delete paragraph (11). It would also repeal a specified provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. The underlying provisions are not reproduced, so their full operation cannot be explained from this bundle.
(B) in paragraph (5)— (i) by striking for a fiscal year and inserting for a fiscal year before 2029;
(C) in paragraph (7)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking and ending with fiscal year 2029,; and (ii) in the flush left matter at the end, by striking or fiscal year 2028 and inserting fiscal year 2028, or a subsequent even-numbered fiscal year;
(E) by striking paragraph (11). (2) Conforming amendment Section 50101(b)(2) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123) is repealed.
The pediatric quality measures program would receive $15 million for fiscal year 2030. Each later year’s amount would equal the previous year’s appropriation increased by the percentage increase in the specified consumer price index, a measure of consumer prices. This funding would exclude activities under subsections (e), (f), and (g), whose contents are not supplied.
(E) for fiscal year 2030, $15,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out this section (other than subsections (e), (f), and (g)); and (F) for a subsequent fiscal year, the amount appropriated under this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, increased by the percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (all items; United States city average) over such previous fiscal year, for the purpose of carrying out this section (other than subsections (e), (f), and (g)).
Under the heading “Express lane eligibility option,” section 3(b) would delete subparagraph (I) of the referenced Social Security Act provision. The bundle does not reproduce that subparagraph or explain the eligibility option’s rules, so the deletion’s precise effect is not established here.
(b) Express lane eligibility option Section 1902(e)(13) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(13)) is amended by striking subparagraph (I).
Section 3(c) would remove September 30, 2029 end dates from the referenced affordability provisions for children and families. It would retain starting points tied to enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and October 1, 2019, and make corresponding changes in a related provision. The full standards and state exceptions are not reproduced.
(c) Assurance of affordability standard for children and families
(i) by striking During the period that begins on the date of enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and ends on September 30, 2029 and inserting Beginning on the date of the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; (ii) by striking During the period that begins on October 1, 2019, and ends on September 30, 2029 and inserting Beginning on October 1, 2019;
(iii) by striking The preceding sentences shall not be construed as preventing a State during any such periods from and inserting The preceding sentences shall not be construed as preventing a State from.
Section 1902(gg)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(gg)(2)) is amended— (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking through September 30, 2029; and (B) by striking through September 30 and all that follows through ends on September 30, 2029 and inserting (but beginning on October 1, 2019,).
The “qualifying States option” would apply to any fiscal year after 2008 instead of only fiscal years 2009 through 2029. The supplied text does not identify which states qualify or reproduce what the option permits.
(d) Qualifying States option Section 2105(g)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(g)(4)) is amended— (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking for fiscal years 2009 through 2029 and inserting after fiscal year 2008; and (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking for any of fiscal years 2009 through 2029 and inserting for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2008.
The outreach and enrollment program’s operating language would no longer end with fiscal year 2029. Two existing 10 percent allocation provisions would be revised to refer to the period or fiscal year for which funds are appropriated. The supplied amendments do not identify the recipients or uses of those shares.
(e) Outreach and enrollment program Section 2113 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397mm) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking during the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2029 and inserting , beginning with fiscal year 2009,;
(B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking 10 percent of such amounts and inserting 10 percent of such amounts for the period or the fiscal year for which such amounts are appropriated; and (ii) by striking during such period and inserting , during such period or such fiscal year,;
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking For the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2029, an amount equal to 10 percent of such amounts and inserting Beginning with fiscal year 2024, an amount equal to 10 percent of such amounts for the period or the fiscal year for which such amounts are appropriated;
The outreach and enrollment funding provision would add $12 million for fiscal year 2030. For each later fiscal year, it would provide the previous year’s appropriation increased by the percentage increase in the specified consumer price index, with no stated final year.
$12,000,000 for fiscal year 2030, and, for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2030, the amount appropriated under this subsection for the previous fiscal year, increased by the percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (all items; United States city average) over such previous fiscal year.
For the child enrollment contingency fund, section 3(f) would replace specified fiscal-year ranges ending in 2028 with open-ended language beginning in 2024 and remove specified 2029 references. The underlying funding and payment conditions are not reproduced.
(f) Child enrollment contingency fund Section 2104(n) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(n)) is amended
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii)— (i) by striking and 2024 through 2028 and inserting beginning with fiscal year 2024; and (ii) by striking 2023, and 2029 and inserting , and 2023; and (B) in subparagraph (B)— (i) by striking 2024 through 2028 and inserting beginning with fiscal year 2024; and (ii) by striking 2023, and 2029 and inserting , and 2023;
(2) in paragraph (3)(A)— (A) by striking fiscal years 2024 through 2028 and inserting fiscal year 2024 or any subsequent fiscal year; and (B) by striking 2023, or 2029 and inserting , or 2023.
Section 4 would add an optional eligibility clause for children whose family income exceeds the maximum otherwise established under their state child health plan at enactment. States could choose this option; the clause would not require them to do so. It states no new numerical income ceiling, but the surrounding eligibility requirements are not supplied.
Section 2110(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397jj(b)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended
(IV) at the option of the State, whose family income exceeds the maximum income level otherwise established for children under the State child health plan as of the date of the enactment of this subclause; and
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated September 1, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 6, 2025. This snapshot does not establish subsequent passage or enactment, or prove that neither occurred.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-01T08:05:28Z. 2025-03-06: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2025-03-06: Introduced in House
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