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123STA T .57PUBLIC LA W 111 – 3 —FE B. 4, 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (C)Aspartof t heS tate ’ so ng o i nge l igi b ilit y re d eter m ination re qu irements and pro c edures for an indi v idual provided medical assistance as a result of an election by the State under subpara - graph (A) , a State shall verify that the individual continues to la w fully reside in the U nited States using the documentation pre- sented to the State by the individual on initial enrollment .I f the State cannot successfully verify that the individual is lawfully residing in the United States in this manner, it shall require that the individual provide the State with further documentation or other evidence to verify that the individual is lawfully residing in the United States.’’. (b) C H I P . — Section 2107 (e)(1) ( 4 2 U.S.C. 1 39 7gg(e)(1)), as amended by sections 203(a)(2) and 203(d)(2), is amended by redesig- nating subparagraphs ( E )and( F ) as subparagraphs (F) and ( G ), respectively and by inserting after subparagraph ( D ) the following new subparagraph

‘‘(E) Paragraph (4) of section 1903(v) (relating to optional coverage of categories of lawfully residing immigrant children or pregnant women), but only if the State has elected to apply such paragraph with respect to such category of children or pregnant women under title X IX.’’. TI T LE III —R E DUC I NGBA RRIER S T OP RO V IDING PRE M IUM ASSISTANCE S ubti t le A—A d diti ona l State O p tion f o r Pro v idin g Pre m ium A s sistan c e SEC.301 . AD D IT I ON A L STATE O P TION F O R PRO V IDIN G PRE M I U M ASSISTANCE. (a) CHIP.— (1) I NGE NE RAL .—Section 210 5 (c) (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)), as amended by sections 114(a) and 211(c), is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(10) S T ATE OP T I ONTOO F FER PRE M I U MA S SISTAN C E.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may elect to offer a pre- mium assistance subsidy (as defined in subparagraph (C)) for qualified employer-sponsored coverage (as defined in subparagraph ( B )) to all targeted low-income children who are eligible for child health assistance under the plan and have access to such coverage in accordance with the requirements of this paragraph. N o subsidy shall be pro- vided to a targeted low-income child under this paragraph unless the child (or the child’s parent) voluntarily elects to receive such a subsidy. A State may not require such an election as a condition of receipt of child health assist- ance. ‘‘(B) Q UALIFIE D EMPLO Y ER-SPONSORED CO V ERAGE.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Sub j ect to clause (ii), in this paragraph, the term ‘qualified employer-sponsored cov- erage’ means a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered through an employer— Verif i cat i on.