HR 2610
107th Congress
House
Health
Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to maternal health services
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Infants
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Poor women
Pregnant women
Prenatal care
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility
Women
Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act of 2001
Introduced: July 24, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 31, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 24, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 24, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act of 2001 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give States, subject to specified guidelines, the authority to provide for: (1) optional coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income, uninsured pregnant women under the State's SCHIP plan; and (2) automatic eligibility and enrollment for child health assistance under such plan for children born to targeted low-income pregnant women receiving such assistance when the child is born until it attains one year of age, so long as the child is a member of the woman's household.
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) with respect to the transitional increased Federal matching rate for increased administrative costs related to Medicaid-eligibility determinations of individuals receiving aid or assistance under SSA title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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