3.0.0 1364 2023-01-11T16:47:42Z 2023-01-11T16:47:42Z Senate S S 2007-05-10 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-10T20:19:49Z Healthy Kids Act of 2007 110 2147 HR 2007-05-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2007-05-10 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S5938-5948) IntroReferral 2007-05-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5937-5938) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-06-04 False Health Child health Citizenship Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Dental care Economics and Public Finance Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to child health services Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health insurance Home care services Hospital care Immigrant health Immigration Intergovernmental fiscal relations Language and languages Medicaid Medical screening Medical tests Medically uninsured Minorities Minority health Performance measurement Poor children Pregnant women Preventive medicine Quality of care Social Welfare Welfare eligibility Women Women's health Health 00 2007-05-10 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-08T21:28:35Z Healthy Kids Act of 2007 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend the SCHIP program.

Provides for two-year initial availability of SCHIP allotments and redistribution of unused allotments to address state funding shortfalls.

Provides for bonus payments for states that implement administrative policies to streamline enrollment procedures under Medicaid and SCHIP.

Gives states the option to provide for "express lane" and simplified determinations of a child's financial eligibility for medical assistance under SSA title XIX (Medicaid) or child health assistance under SCHIP.

Gives states the option to expand or add coverage of certain pregnant women and legal immigrants under Medicaid or SCHIP.

Prohibits limitations on SCHIP enrollment.

Gives states the option to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for purposes of Medicaid eligibility.

Provides for increased federal matching rate for language services under Medicaid or SCHIP.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment under Medicaid and SCHIP.

Requires coverage of early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment (EPSDT) services, including dental services under SCHIP.

Directs the HHS Secretary to establish a program to encourage and support the development of new and emerging quality and performance measures for pediatric care providers.

Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) pediatric care delivery demonstration projects; (2) a medical home demonstration project under Medicaid and SCHIP; and (3) disease prevention and treatment demonstration projects for ethnic and racial minority children.

Directs the Comptroller General to report on design and implementation of a demonstration project evaluating quality and performance measures for children's inpatient hospital services.

Establishes the Commission on Children's Health Coverage.

]]> Healthy Kids Act of 2007 Display Title Healthy Kids Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and streamline enrollment under SCHIP and Medicaid, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Healthy Kids Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1364is/xml/BILLS-110s1364is.xml 2007-05-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S5938-5948) 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.