3.0.0 1049 2023-01-13T04:48:07Z 2023-01-13T04:48:07Z Senate S S 2005-05-17 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-05-17T21:29:25Z Covering Kids Act of 2005 109 3050 HR 2005-07-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2005-05-17 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text as measure as introduced: CR S5303-5304) IntroReferral 2005-05-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5302-5303) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000439 Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] WILLIAM FRIST R TN H. N B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2005-05-17 True L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2005-05-17 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2005-05-17 True S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA 2005-05-17 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2005-05-17 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2005-05-17 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2005-05-17 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2005-05-17 True B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. 2005-05-26 False T000024 Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] JIM TALENT R MO 2005-06-13 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2005-09-15 False J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2005-12-19 False Health Church and social problems Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Families Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health insurance Housing and Community Development Indian children Indian medical care Language and languages Maternal health services Medicaid Medically uninsured Minorities Minority health Performance measurement Poor children Religion Rural health School health programs Social Welfare Welfare eligibility Women Health 00 2005-05-17 Introduced in Senate 2005-07-27T21:37:10Z Covering Kids Act of 2005 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to: (1) conduct innovative outreach and enrollment efforts that are designed to increase the enrollment and participation of eligible children under SCHIP; and (2) promote understanding of the importance of health insurance coverage for prenatal care and children.

Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to grant a state the option to provide for simplified determinations of a child's financial eligibility for medical assistance under Medicaid or child health assistance under SCHIP.

]]> Covering Kids Act of 2005 Display Title Covering Kids Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment under the medicaid and State children's health insurance programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Covering Kids Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-17T04:00:00Z 2005-05-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text as measure as introduced: CR S5303-5304) 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.