S 142
110th Congress
Senate
Health
Economics and Public Finance
Families
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Government Operations and Politics
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Health insurance
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility
A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow qualifying States to use all or any portion of their allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program for certain Medicaid expenditures.
Introduced: January 4, 2007
Introduced by:
Cantwell, Maria
Democratic
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 4, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 4, 2007
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006, to allow qualifying states to use all or any portion (currently, up to 20%) of their allotments under SCHIP for certain Medicaid (SSA title XIX) expenditures.
Requires qualifying states to implement at least three of the following policies and procedures: (1) a simplified application process; (2) elimination of any asset test; (3) twelve-month continuous eligibility; and (4) easy access to enrollment staff.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1