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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 288
115TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-197
KEEP KIDS' INSURANCE DEPENDABLE AND SECURE ACT
OF 2017
DECEMBER 20, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on Finance,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1827]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the bill (S.
1827) to extend funding for the Children's Health Insurance Pro-
gram, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports
favorably thereon with an amendment in the nature of a substitute
and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND ..................................................................... 1
II. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL ..................................................................... 2
III. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE BILL ............................................................... 7
IV. VOTES OF THE COM M ITTEE ...................................................................... 12
V. REGULATORY IMPACT AND OTHER MATTERS ..................................... 12
VI. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED 12
I. LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND
The Committee on Finance, having considered S. 1827, a bill that
would amend titles XI, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to
extend funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program and
otherwise revise related provisions, reports favorably thereon and
recommends that the bill do pass.
Background and need for legislative action
The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a means-
tested program that provides health coverage to targeted low-in-
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