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PUBLIC LAW 103-448—NOV. 2, 1994 108 STAT. 4739 (1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(C) In the case of a pregnant woman who is otherwise ineligible for participation in the program because the family of the woman is of insufficient size to meet the income eligibility standards of the program, the pregnant woman shall be considered to have satisfied the income eligibility standards if, by increasing the number of individuals in the family of the woman by 1 individual, the income eligibility standards would be met."; and (2) in paragraph (3)— (A) by inserting "(A)" after "(3)"; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(B) A State may consider pregnant women who meet the income eligibility standards to be presumptively eligible to participate in the program and may certify the women for participation immediately, without delaying certification until an evaluation is made concerning nutritional risk. A nutritional risk evaluation of such a woman shall be completed not later than 60 days after the woman is certified for participation. If it is subsequently determined that the woman does not meet nutritional risk criteria, the certification of the woman shall terminate on the date of the determination.". (d) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— Section 17(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(e)) is amended by redesignating paragraph (3) (as added by section 123(a)(3)(D) of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-147; 103 Stat. 895)) and paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively. (e) COORDINATION OF WIC AND MEDICAID PROGRAMS USING COORDINATED CARE PROVIDERS.— Section 17(0(l)(C)(iii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(l)(C)(iii)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: ", including medicaid programs that use coordinated care providers under a contract entered into under section 1903(m), or a waiver granted under section 1915(b), of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(m) or 1396n(b)) (including coordination through the referral of potentially eligible women, infants, and children between the program authorized under this section and the medicaid program)". (f) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION FOR CERTAIN MIGRANT POPU- LATIONS.— The fiirst sentence of section 17(f)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(3)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: "and shall ensure that local programs provide priority consideration to serving migrant participants who are residing in the State for a limited period of time". (g) INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES. —Paragraph (18) of section 17(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(18)) is amended to read as follows: "(18) Notwithstanding subsection (d)(2)(A)(i), not later than July 1 of each year, a State agency may implement income eligibility guidelines under this section concurrently with the implementation of income eligibility guidelines under the medicaid program estab- Hshed under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.).". (h) USE OF RECOVERED PROGRAM FUNDS IN YEAR COLLECTED.— Section 17(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: