HR 3927
115th Congress
House
Health
Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance
To amend title XXI to allow for the blending of risk pools of children's health insurance buy-in programs with the risk pools of State child health plans under such title, and for other purposes.
Introduced: October 3, 2017
Introduced by:
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Republican
· Florida
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 6, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 3, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Oct 3, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill allows a state to include in a single risk pool: (1) children enrolled in a state plan under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); and (2) children enrolled in a health insurance buy-in program that is run by the state and provides, at minimum, benefits identical to those provided under CHIP.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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