3.0.0 2055 2023-01-11T19:42:55Z 2023-01-11T19:42:55Z House H HR 2007-04-26 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-04-30T20:13:03Z Referred to 2007-04-26T14:03:45Z 2007-04-30 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-04-26 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-04-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-04-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001066 Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-11] Kathy Castor D FL 11 N Health Child health Citizenship Economics and Public Finance Families Federal aid to child health services Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Health insurance Identification devices Insurance premiums Medicaid Medical economics Medically uninsured Poor children Social Welfare State employees Welfare eligibility Health 00 2007-04-26 Introduced in House 2007-05-03T20:40:05Z Improving Children's Access to Health Care Act of 2007 - Provides that any state with a plan under title XIX (Medicaid) or XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) has a variety of options to promote enrollment of eligible children under such programs, including an option to create "express lane eligibility."

Amends SSA title XIX to authorize states to require satisfactory U.S. citizenship or nationality documentation for Medicaid, including tribal membership or enrollment.

Give states the option to allow children of low-income state employees to enroll in SCHIP (thus ending the current mandatory exclusion of such children from SCHIP).

Provides for new base SCHIP allotments responsive to increases in health care costs and enrollment expansions.

Revises the current two-year initial availability of SCHIP allotments to limit it to fiscal years through FY2007. Requires only a one-year availability of allotments for FY2008 and succeeding fiscal years.

Allows a 30-day SCHIP premium grace period.

]]> Improving Children's Access to Health Care Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To improve children's access to health care coverage under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Introduced in House IH Display Title Improving Children's Access to Health Care Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Improving Children's Access to Health Care Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-04-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2055ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2055ih.xml 2007-04-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.