S 909
110th Congress
Senate
Health
Child health
Citizenship
Families
Immigrant health
Immigration
Medicaid
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States, at their option, to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for purposes of eligibility for Medicaid, and for other purposes.
Introduced: March 15, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3216)
Mar 15, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3215-3216)
Mar 15, 2007
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit states, at their option, to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality for Medicaid eligibility.
Revises the rules for children born in the United States to mothers eligible for Medicaid. Declares that a Medicaid-eligible individual shall be deemed to have provided satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality, and shall not be required to provide further evidence, on any date during or after the period in which the individual is eligible for Medicaid.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3216)
Committees of jurisdiction
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