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139 STAT. 299 PUBLIC LAW 119–21—JULY 4, 2025 ‘‘(A) is enrolled under paragraph (10)(A)(i)(VIII), such assistance will be made available to the individual for care and services included under the plan and furnished in or after the month before the month in which the indi- vidual made application (or application was made on the individual’s behalf in the case of a deceased individual) for such assistance if such individual was (or upon applica- tion would have been) eligible for such assistance at the time such care and services were furnished; or ‘‘(B) is not described in subparagraph (A), such assist- ance will be made available to the individual for care and services included under the plan and furnished in or after the second month before the month in which the individual made application (or application was made on the individual’s behalf in the case of a deceased individual) for such assistance if such individual was (or upon applica- tion would have been) eligible for such assistance at the time such care and services were furnished;’’. (b) DEFINITION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 1905(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘in or after the third month before the month in which the recipient makes application for assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘, with respect to an individual described in section 1902(a)(34)(A), in or after the month before the month in which the recipient makes applica- tion for assistance, and with respect to an individual described in section 1902(a)(34)(B), in or after the second month before the month in which the recipient makes application for assistance’’. (c) CHIP.—Section 2102(b)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397bb(b)(1)(B)) is amended— (1) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (2) in clause (v), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: ‘‘(vi) shall, in the case that the State elects to provide child health or pregnancy-related assistance to an individual for any period prior to the month in which the individual made application for such assistance (or application was made on behalf of the individual), provide that such assistance is not made available to such individual for items and services included under the State child health plan (or waiver of such plan) that are furnished before the second month preceding the month in which such individual made application (or application was made on behalf of such individual) for assistance.’’. (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to medical assistance, child health assistance, and preg- nancy-related assistance with respect to individuals whose eligibility for such medical assistance, child health assistance, or pregnancy- related assistance is based on an application made on or after the first day of the first quarter that begins after December 31, 2026. (e) IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING.—For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of, and the amendments made by, this section, there are appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Administrator of the Centers for Time period. Applicability. 42 USC 1396a note.