HR 1238
110th Congress
House
Health
Child health
Childbirth
Citizenship
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Evidence (Law)
Families
Immigrant health
Immigration
Law
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medicare
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility
Women
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to meeting the citizenship documentation requirement for children born in the United States.
Introduced: February 28, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 1, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 28, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 28, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide that "satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality" means for a child born in the United States any claim for Medicaid payment if medical assistance is available for part or all of the costs of the child's birth.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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