Title IX, SEC. 9201. BORROWING AUTHORITY TO COVER CASH-FLOW SHORTFALLS. (a) In General. The Secretary shall make available loans to regional alliances in order to cover any period of temporary cash-flow shortfall attributable to any of the following: (1) Any estimation discrepancy (including those described in subsection (e)(1)). (2) A period of temporary cash-flow shortfall attributable to an administrative error (described in subsection (e)(2)). (3) A period of temporary cash-flow shortfall relating to the relative timing during the year in which amounts are received and payments are required to be made. (b) Terms and Conditions. (1) In general. Loans shall be made under this section under terms and conditions, consistent with this subsection, specified by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and taking into account Treasury cash management rules. (2) Period. Loans under this section shall be repayable with interest over a period of not to exceed 2 years. (3) Interest rate. The rate of interest on such loans shall be at a rate, determined by the Secretary of the Treasury taking into consideration the current average rate on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States. (4) Appropriate payment adjustments. As a condition of providing a loan under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall require the regional alliance to make such adjustments under the appropriate estimation adjustment provision (described in subsection (f)) in order to assure the repayment of the amount so borrowed. (c) Repayment. (1) Estimation discrepancies and timing. Loans made under paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (a) shall be repaid through a reduction in the payment amounts otherwise required to be made under section 9102 to the regional alliance. (2) Administrative error. Loans made under subsection (a)(2) shall be repaid through a temporary increase in the amount of the State maintenance-of-effort payment required under section 9001. (d) Reports. The Secretary shall annually report to Congress on the loans made (and loan amounts repaid) under this section. (e) Sources of Error Described. (1) Estimation discrepancies. The estimation discrepancies described in this paragraph are discrepancies in estimating the following: (A) The average premium payments per family under section 6122(b). (B) The AFDC and SSI proportions under section 6202. (C) The distribution of enrolled families in different risk categories for purposes of under section 1343(b)(2). (D) The distribution of enrollment in excess premium plans (for purposes of calculating and applying the reduced weighted average accepted bid under section 6105(c)(1)). (E) The collection shortfalls (used in computing the family collection shortfall add-on under section 6107). (2) Administrative errors. The administrative errors described in this paragraph include the following: (A) An eligibility error rate for premium discounts and liability reductions under sections 6104 and 6113, to the extent such rate exceeds the maximum permissible error rate established for the alliance under subpart B of part 3 of subtitle D of title I. (B) Misappropriations or other regional alliance expenditures that are determined to be attributable to malfeasance or misfeasance by the regional alliance or the State. (f) Estimation Adjustment Provisions Described. The estimation adjustment provisions, referred to in subsection (b)(3)) are the following adjustments (corresponding to the respective estimation discrepancies specified in subsection (d)(1)): (1) Adjustments for average premium payments per family under section 6122(b) under section 6122(b)(4). (2) Adjustments in the AFDC and SSI proportions under section 6202(d). (3) Adjustments pursuant to methodology described in section 1541(b)(8). (4) Adjustments in excess premium credit pursuant to section 6105(b)(2). (5) Adjustment in the collection shortfall add-on under section 6017(b)(2)(C)).