3.0.0 710 2019-11-15T21:52:42Z 2019-11-15T21:52:42Z Senate S S 2005-04-05 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-04-05T21:44:07Z Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2006 109 5728 HR 2006-07-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2005-04-05 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-04-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT N L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2005-04-05 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2005-04-05 True Health Aliens Block grants Child health Cigarettes Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Contraceptives Dental care Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Drugs Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Families Family planning and birth control Federal aid to child health services Government Operations and Politics Health counseling Health insurance Identification devices Immigrant health Immigration Infants Intergovernmental fiscal relations Labor and Employment Low birth weight Maternal health services Medicaid Medically uninsured Performance measurement Poor children Pregnant women Prescription pricing Smokeless tobacco Smoking Social Welfare State laws Welfare eligibility Welfare waivers Women Women's health Health 00 2005-04-05 Introduced in Senate 2005-04-25T18:40:25Z Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2005 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give States new options to cover: (1) low-income pregnant women; and (2) low-income legal immigrant pregnant women and children under Medicaid and SCHIP.

Extends coverage under Medicaid of prescription drugs and counseling services to tobacco cessation medications to help pregnant women enrolled in the program quit using tobacco. Requires coverage of tobacco cessation counseling services for pregnant women, and exempts such services from cost-sharing charges. Covers tobacco cessation medications and counseling for pregnant women, also, under the Maternal and Child Health Services program under SSA title V.

Gives States the option under Medicaid to: (1) provide family planning services and supplies to individuals with incomes that do not exceed a State's income eligibility level for medical assistance; and (2) extend the postpartum period for provision of family planning services and supplies.

Gives States the option to provide wrap-around SCHIP coverage to children who have other health coverage.

]]> Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2005 Display Title Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option to expand or add coverage of pregnant women under the medicaid and State children's health insurance programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-04-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s710is/xml/BILLS-109s710is.xml 2005-04-05 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.