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HR 4323 105th Congress House

Medicaid and Children's Health Improvement Amendments of 1998

Official title: To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to give States the option of providing medical assistance to certain legal immigrant children and to inc… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to give States the option of providing medical assistance to certain legal immigrant children and to increase allotments to territories under the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

Introduced: July 23, 1998 See on congress.gov
Health AppropriationsEconomics and Public FinanceFamiliesFederal aid to child health services
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Federal aid to territoriesHealth insuranceImmigrant healthImmigrationMedicaidMedically uninsuredPoor childrenSocial Welfare
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 17, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jul 23, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Jul 23, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 17, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicaid and Children's Health Improvement Amendments of 1998 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act to give States the option of covering certain legal immigrant children under Medicaid and CHIP.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for increased allotments under CHIP for the territories. Makes necessary appropriations.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 9
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Sep 10, 1998
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Sep 10, 1998
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 23, 1998
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Jul 23, 1998
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jul 23, 1998
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 23, 1998
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Jul 23, 1998
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jul 23, 1998
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 23, 1998
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jul 23, 1998
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jul 23, 1998
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jul 23, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4323: Medicaid and Children's Health Improvement Amendments of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4323/
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