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Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2003

Introduced: April 9, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 5, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Apr 24, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 9, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 9, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to grant States the option of covering certain categories of eligible women and child resident aliens under the Medicaid and SCHIP programs.
What's happening now May 5, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 10 Republican 2
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 27, 2004
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Dec 8, 2003
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 25, 2003
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Sep 17, 2003
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 21, 2003
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Apr 9, 2003
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Apr 9, 2003
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 9, 2003
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Apr 9, 2003
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Apr 9, 2003
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 9, 2003
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Apr 9, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1689: Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1689/
MLA
"H.R. 1689: Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1689/.
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H.R. 1689, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1689/.
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