123STA T . 2 7PUBLIC LA W 111 – 3 —FE B. 4, 2 0 0 9forp r egna n cy- re l a t e d a s s i stance b ased on any pree x isting condi- tion or any w aiting period ( incl u ding any waiting period i m posed to carry out section 210 2(b ) ( 3 )( C )) for receipt of suc h assistance .‘ ‘( 6 ) AP P LICAT I ON O F CO S T-S H A R IN G PROT E CTION. —T he S tate pro v ides pregnancy-related assistance to a targeted low-income woman consistent with the cost-sharing protections under sec- tion 2103(e) and applies the limitation on total annual aggre- gate cost sharing imposed under paragraph (3)( B ) of such sec- tion to the family of such a woman. ‘‘( 7 ) N O W AITING LIST FOR CHIL D REN.—The State does not impose , with respect to the enrollment under the State child health plan of targeted low-income children during the q uarter, any enrollment cap or other numerical limitation on enrollment, any waiting list, any procedures designed to delay the consider- ation of applications for enrollment, or similar limitation with respect to enrollment. ‘‘(c) O PTION TO P RO V IDE PRES UM PTIVE E LIGI B ILIT Y .—A State that elects the option under subsection (a) and satisfies the condi- tions described in subsection (b) may elect to apply section 1 9 20 (relating to presumptive eligibility for pregnant women) to the State child health plan in the same manner as such section applies to the State plan under title XI X. ‘‘(d) D EFINITIONS.— F or purposes of this section
‘‘(1) PREGNANCY-RELATED ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘preg- nancy-related assistance ’ has the meaning given the term ‘child health assistance’ in section 2110(a) with respect to an indi- vidual during the period described in paragraph (2)(A). ‘‘(2) TARGETED LOW-INCOME PREGNANT WOMAN.—The term ‘targeted low-income pregnant woman’ means an individual— ‘‘(A) during pregnancy and through the end of the month in which the 60-day period (beginning on the last day of her pregnancy) ends
‘‘(B) whose family income exceeds 1 85 percent (or, if higher, the percent applied under subsection (b)(1)(A)) of the poverty line applicable to a family of the si z e involved, but does not exceed the income eligibility level established under the State child health plan under this title for a targeted low-income child; and ‘‘(C) who satisfies the requirements of paragraphs (1)(A), (1)(C), (2), and (3) of section 2110(b) in the same manner as a child applying for child health assistance would have to satisfy such requirements. ‘‘(e) AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN BORN TO W OMEN R ECEIVING PREGNANCY-RELATED ASSISTANCE.—If a child is born to a targeted low-income pregnant woman who was receiving preg- nancy-related assistance under this section on the date of the child’s birth, the child shall be deemed to have applied for child health assistance under the State child health plan and to have been found eligible for such assistance under such plan or to have applied for medical assistance under title XIX and to have been found eligible for such assistance under such title, as appropriate, on the date of such birth and to remain eligible for such assistance until the child attains 1 year of age. During the period in which a child is deemed under the preceding sentence to be eligible for child health or medical assistance, the child health or medical assistance eligibility identification number of the mother shall also
