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HR 2610 107th Congress House

Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act of 2001

Official title: To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women.

Introduced: October 12, 2001 See on congress.gov
Health Aid to dependent childrenCash welfare block grantsEconomics and Public FinanceFamilies
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Federal aid to child health servicesFederal aid to maternal health servicesGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealth insuranceInfantsIntergovernmental fiscal relationsMedicaidMedically uninsuredPoor childrenPoor womenPregnant womenPrenatal careSocial WelfareWelfare eligibilityWomen
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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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
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 Latest action July 31, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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).

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 7
D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Feb 14, 2002
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 14, 2002
CARSON, BRAD
· Dec 5, 2001
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Nov 28, 2001
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Nov 1, 2001
QUINN, JACK
· Nov 1, 2001
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Oct 12, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 12, 2001
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Oct 2, 2001
FROST, MARTIN
· Oct 2, 2001
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