3.0.0 95 2023-01-11T20:04:04Z 2023-01-11T20:04:04Z Senate S S 2007-01-04 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-04T20:43:20Z Kids Come First Act of 2007 110 1111 HR 2007-06-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2007-06-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8616-8617) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-04 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S94-98) IntroReferral 2007-01-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S94) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-01-04 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2007-01-04 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2007-01-04 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-01-04 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2007-01-04 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-01-09 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2007-04-24 False Health Aliens Appropriations Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Families Federal aid to child health services Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health insurance Immigrant health Immigration Income Income tax Insurance premiums Intergovernmental fiscal relations Labor and Employment Medicaid Medical savings accounts Medically uninsured Poor children Social Welfare State employees Tax credits Tax deductions Tax exemption Tax rates Tax refunds Tax returns Taxation Welfare eligibility Health 00 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-22T20:42:31Z Kids Come First Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give states the option to receive 100% Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentages (FMAPs) for medical assistance for children in poverty in exchange for expanded coverage of children in working poor families under Medicaid (SSA title XIX) or SCHIP (SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance)).

Eliminates the cap on SCHIP funding for states that expand eligibility for children.

Gives states the option to: (1) provide wrap-around SCHIP coverage to children who have other health coverage; (2) enroll low-income children of state employees in SCHIP; (3) provide optional coverage of legal immigrant children under Medicaid and SCHIP; and (4) provide for passive renewal of eligibility for children under Medicaid and SCHIP.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for: (1) a refundable income tax credit for health insurance coverage of children; and (2) forfeiture of the personal tax exemption for any child not covered by health insurance.

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to require group market health insurers to offer a dependent coverage option for workers and other individuals with children.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for partial repeal of rate reduction in the highest income tax bracket.

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