3.0.0 3631 2019-11-15T21:59:22Z 2019-11-15T21:59:22Z Senate S S 2008-09-26 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-26T22:43:28Z Medically Fragile Children's Act of 2008 110 7130 HR 2008-09-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2008-09-26 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-09-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N Health Child development Child health Chronically ill Comprehensive health care Disabled Families Medicaid Social Welfare Health 00 2008-09-26 Introduced in Senate 2008-12-01T17:02:17Z Medically Fragile Children's Act of 2008 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish a program of all-inclusive care for medically fragile children as a Medicaid state plan option.

Makes a child eligible if he or she is: (1) medically fragile based on health status and related indicators or is diagnosed as having one or more chronic conditions; (2) requires daily monitoring of a significant medical condition necessitating overall care planning in order to achieve or maintain optimum health and developmental status, and achieve community integration to the maximum extent possible; and (3) requires both medical assistance and at least two additional services furnished under an all-inclusive program as a result of functional deficits.

]]> Medically Fragile Children's Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Medically Fragile Children's Act of 2008 Display Title Medically Fragile Children's Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a State plan option under Medicaid to provide an all-inclusive program of care for children who are medically fragile or have one or more chronic conditions that impede their ability to function. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3631is/xml/BILLS-110s3631is.xml 2008-09-26 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.