3.0.0 1843 2023-01-15T09:03:31Z 2023-01-15T09:03:31Z Senate S S 2003-11-10 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-11-10T21:26:35Z 2003-11-10 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2003-11-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14335-14336) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-11-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2003-11-10 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2004-02-10 False B000780 Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] JOHN BREAUX D LA BERLINGER 2004-02-10 False D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW 2004-02-10 False B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2004-02-27 False Health Access to health care Administrative remedies Agriculture and Food Aid to dependent children Aliens Child health Commerce Conflict of interests Costs Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Employee health benefits Families Family medicine Federal aid to child health services Federal-state relations Food stamps Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government paperwork Grants-in-aid Health insurance Health planning Health services administration Health surveys Homeless Housing and Community Development Immigrant health Immigration Labor and Employment Law Marketing Maternal health services Medicaid Medical statistics Medically uninsured Parents Patients' rights Poor children Pregnant women Preventive medicine Quality of care Social Welfare Welfare eligibility Welfare work participation Women Health 00 2003-11-10 Introduced in Senate 2003-12-16T20:54:40Z FamilyCare Act of 2003 - Renames the State Children's Health Insurance program (SCHIP) under title XXI of the Social Security Act (SSA) as the FamilyCare program to provide for: (1) FamilyCare coverage of parents and pregnant women under Medicaid (SSA title XIX) as well as under new SSA title XXI; (2) optional FamilyCare coverage of parents of targeted low-income children or targeted low-income pregnant women; (3) automatic eligibility for FamilyCare coverage of children born to a parent or pregnant women on FamilyCare assistance; (4) optional coverage of legal immigrants and of children through age 20 under Medicaid and FamilyCare; (5) application of simplified FamilyCare procedures under Medicaid; (6) elimination of the 100 hour rule and other SSA title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) related eligibility restrictions under Medicaid; (7) limitations on specified conflicts of interests under Medicaid and FamilyCare; (8) an increased FamilyCare allotment for FY 2004 through 2011; and (9) a limitation on cost-sharing to 2.5 percent for families with income below 150 percent of the poverty level.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award grants to States to allow them to demonstrate the effectiveness of innovative ways to increase access to health insurance through market reforms and other innovative means.

Authorizes the Secretary to award demonstration grants to up to seven States (or other qualified entities) to conduct innovative programs designed to improve outreach to enroll homeless individuals and families and provide them services under specified programs for the homeless (including Medicaid and FamilyCare).

]]> FamilyCare Act of 2003 Display Title FamilyCare Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for FamilyCare coverage for parents of enrolled children, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced FamilyCare Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-11-10T05:00:00Z 2003-11-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.