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Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2007

Introduced: March 5, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Mar 6, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 5, 2007
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.
Mar 5, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to grant states the option of covering certain categories of eligible pregnant women and child resident aliens, including targeted low-income children, under the Medicaid and SCHIP programs.

What's happening now March 6, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 764 Identical bill Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2007
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
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Carson, André
Indiana · Apr 29, 2008
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Apr 9, 2008
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Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jul 17, 2007
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Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Mar 5, 2007
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 5, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1308: Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1308/
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"H.R. 1308: Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1308/.
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H.R. 1308, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1308/.
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