S 751
110th Congress
Senate
Health
Aliens
Child health
Citizenship
Families
Identification devices
Immigration
Infants
Medicaid
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility
Guaranteed Access to Medicaid for Newborns Act of 2007
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 2, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 2, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2561-2562)
Mar 2, 2007
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Guaranteed Access to Medicaid for Newborns Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to revise the conditions for waiver of the requirement of satisfactory documentary evidence applicable to a Medicaid-eligible individual declaring U.S. citizenship or nationality.
Adds the condition that the waiver may apply to children born in the United States to Medicaid-eligible mothers.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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