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House floor debate focuses on moving children from CHIP into Medicaid by eliminating asset test
Summary
Representatives debated House Bill 244 to remove the children's asset test so children who already qualify by income can receive Medicaid rather than CHIP; sponsor said the change would allow a temporary 4:1 federal match, draw down roughly $10 million federal funds, and shift about 7,000 children. The transcript does not record a final floor vote in the provided excerpt.
Representative David Hogue opened floor debate on House Bill 244 by describing findings from interim work: thousands of children in CHIP should qualify for Medicaid but were in CHIP because CHIP lacked an asset test. He summarized the bill's purpose: to eliminate the children's asset test so qualifying children move to Medicaid and the CHIP program can serve those it was designed to assist.
"This bill, if passed, will provide a no asset test for children…
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