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S 2137 109th Congress Senate

All Kids Health Insurance Coverage Act of 2005

Official title: A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to make all uninsured children eligible for the State children's health insurance program, to encourage St… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to make all uninsured children eligible for the State children's health insurance program, to encourage States to increase the number of children enrolled in the medicaid and State children's health insurance programs by simplifying the enrollment and renewal procedures for those programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 16, 2005 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Health AppropriationsCoinsuranceDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEconomics and Public Finance
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Employee health benefitsFamiliesFederal aid to child health servicesFinance and Financial SectorGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealth insuranceIncome taxInsurance premiumsIntergovernmental fiscal relationsLabor and EmploymentMedicaidMedical economicsMedically uninsuredPoor childrenSocial Welfare
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This bill died when the 109th Congress ended
It never became law before the 109th Congress (2005–2006) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13802-13804)
Dec 16, 2005
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 Latest action December 16, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13802-13804)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

All Kids Health Insurance Coverage Act of 2005 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make all uninsured children eligible for SCHIP, regardless of their access to high-cost coverage.

Provides for an increase in federal financial participation under SCHIP and Medicaid (SSA title XIX) for states with simplified enrollment and renewal procedures for children.

Places a limitation on payments to states that have an enrollment cap but have not exhausted their available state allotments.

Provides for an additional enhancement to the Federal Medical Asssistance Percentage (FMAP) to promote expansion of coverage to all uninsured children under Medicaid and SCHIP.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the scheduled phaseout of the personal exemption and itemized deductions for taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds a certain threshold.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4760 Identical bill All Kids Health Insurance Coverage Act of 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2137: All Kids Health Insurance Coverage Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2137/
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