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Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act of 2005

Introduced: April 7, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Apr 7, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3361-3362)
Apr 7, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3359-3361)
Apr 7, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act of 2005- Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give States new options to: (1) cover low-income pregnant women; and (2) provide for coordination of SCHIP with the Maternal and Child Health Program under SSA title V.

Provides for an increase in SCHIP income eligibility.

What's happening now April 7, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3361-3362)

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Apr 7, 2005
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Apr 7, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 740: Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-740/
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"S. 740: Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-740/.
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S. 740, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-740/.
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