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109th Congress
Senate
Health
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare
Keep Children Covered Act of 2006
Introduced: September 19, 2006
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9727-9728)
Sep 19, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9727)
Sep 19, 2006
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Keep Children Covered Act of 2006 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) to: (1) establish a special rule for redistribution of unspent FY2004 allotments; (2) provide for additional allotments to eliminate FY2007 funding shortfalls remaining after redistribution of unspent FY2004 allotments; and (3) extend authority through FY2006 for qualifying states to use certain SCHIP funds for Medicaid expenditures.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9727-9728)
Committees of jurisdiction
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