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 12 2 STA T .4075PUBLIC LA W 110 –3 7 9—O CT. 8, 2008 PublicLaw1 1 0–379 110 thCongres s A n Act Toamendti t l e XI Xo f t h e S o c ial Sec ur it yA ct to p ro v ide additional fund s for the q ualifyin g individual (Q I ) program , and for other purposes .Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E. ThisActmaybe cite d as the ‘ ‘ QIProg ram Sup p l eme n tal F unding Act o f20 0 8’ ’ . SEC. 2 . FU N D IN G FOR THE Q U A LIF Y ING INDI V IDUAL ( QI )P ROGRA M . Section 193 3 ( g ) (2) of the Social Security Act ( 4 2 U .S. C . 139 6 u – 3(g)(2)) , as amended by section 111(b) of the M edicare Impro v ements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (Public L a w 110–2 75 ), is amended — (1) in subparagraph (I), by stri k ing ‘‘ $ 300,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$315,000,000’’ and (2) in subparagraph ( J ), by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$130,000,000’’. SEC. 3 . MANDATORY USE OF STATE PU B LIC ASSISTANCE REPORTING INFORMATION SYSTEM (PARIS) PRO J ECT. (a) I NGE NE RAL .—Section 1903(r) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(r)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, in addition to meeting the re q uirements of paragraph (3),’’ after ‘‘a State must’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph

‘‘(3) In order to meet the requirements of this paragraph, a State must have in operation an eligibility determination system which provides for data matching through the Public Assistance R eporting Information System (PARIS) facilitated by the Secretary (or any successor system), including matching with medical assist - ance programs operated by other States.’’. (b) EF FE CTIV E D ATE.— (1) IN G ENERAL.—E x cept as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by subsection (a) take effect on O ctober 1, 2009. (2) E X TEN S I O N OF EFFECTIVE D ATE FOR STATE LA W A M END- MENT.—In the case of a State plan under title X IX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) which the Secretary of H ealth and Human Services determines requires State legis- lation in order for the plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by the amendments made by subsection (a), the State 42USC1396bnote.QIPr o g r am S up p l emental F un di ng Ac t o f 2 0 0 8 . 42 USC 130 5 note. O ct. 8 , 2008 [ S. 3560 ]

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