# 115-hr-4515: To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for a special rule during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 for the redistribution of certain Children's Health Insurance Program allocations for certain shortfall States.

115-hr-4515, To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for a special rule during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 for the redistribution of certain Children's Health Insurance Program allocations for certain shortfall States., is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6] (R-PA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4515
- Congress: 115
- Title: To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for a special rule during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 for the redistribution of certain Children's Health Insurance Program allocations for certain shortfall States.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2017-12-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill amends title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to establish a special rule, with respect to the first quarter of FY2018, for the redistribution of unused CHIP allotments to state child health plans experiencing emergency shortfalls. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must redistribute unused allotments to each such state in an amount equal to the state's emergency shortfall before the CMS may redistribute the allotments to any state that is experiencing a nonemergency shortfall.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6] (R-MN), 2017-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- GREG WALDEN (R-OR), 2017-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] (R-TX), 2017-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-4515 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4515)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4515 (as of 2025-11-18).