HR 1901 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

CHIPP Act

Introduced Mar 6, 2025 Originated House Sponsor Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 6, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 6, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Children’s Health Insurance Program Permanency Act or the CHIPP Act

This bill permanently extends the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and related measures, programs, and authorities.

Specifically, the bill permanently funds CHIP and related programs that support the development of child health quality measures and outreach and enrollment efforts. The bill also permanently authorizes the Medicaid and CHIP express lane eligibility option, which allows states to use information from designated programs (e.g., the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) to streamline eligibility determinations for children. Additionally, under the bill, states may expand eligibility to children whose family income exceeds the otherwise applicable limits.

Cosponsors 29

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-NVDina TitusOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-NMGabe VasquezOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalMar 6, 2025
D-MIHillary J. ScholtenOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-VAJennifer L. McClellanOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-CAKevin MullinOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-MDKweisi MfumeOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-MALori TrahanOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-WAMarilyn StricklandOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-WIMark PocanOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-AZYassamin AnsariOriginalMar 6, 2025
D-NYRitchie TorresMar 11, 2025
D-CAJim CostaApr 14, 2025
D-MIShri ThanedarApr 14, 2025
D-GANikema WilliamsAug 31, 2026

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Mar 6, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Mar 6, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 43, March 6, 2025, page H1039.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permanently extend the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
CHIPP Act
Children’s Health Insurance Program Permanency Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 6, 2025Introduced in House

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