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S 1213 110th Congress Senate

Children's Express Lane to Health Coverage Act of 2007

Official title: A bill to give States the flexibility to reduce bureaucracy by streamlining enrollment processes for the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to give States the flexibility to reduce bureaucracy by streamlining enrollment processes for the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs through better linkages with programs providing nutrition and related assistance to low-income families.

Introduced: April 25, 2007 See on congress.gov
Health Economics and Public FinanceElectronic data interchangeFamiliesFederal aid to child health services
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Government Operations and PoliticsHealth information systemsHealth insuranceMedicaidMedically uninsuredPregnant womenScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareWelfare eligibilityWomen
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It never became law before the 110th Congress (2007–2008) 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.
Apr 25, 2007
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 Latest action April 25, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Children's Express Lane to Health Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to give states the option of providing for simplified determinations of a child's or pregnant woman's financial eligibility for Medicaid or SCHIP that are made by a non-health federal or state agency administering a program providing nutrition or other public assistance.

Allows state mechanized claims processing and information retrieval systems, for which Medicaid payments may be made, to include technology that enables inter-program connections and other technology that: (1) reduces the number of individuals inaccurately granted eligibility; (2) increases the number of individuals accurately granted eligibility; or (3) improves the efficiency of eligibility determinations.

Authorizes relevant federal, state, local, and private entities to convey information about an individual to a person directly connected with the administration of a state Medicaid plan or SCHIP, if such information is used solely for the purposes of identifying, verifying, and enrolling individuals who are eligible.

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jul 20, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1213: Children's Express Lane to Health Coverage Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1213/
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