3.0.0 462 2019-11-15T21:19:08Z 2019-11-15T21:19:08Z House H HR 2009-01-13 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-01-14T16:33:34Z Referred to 2009-01-13T17:30:45Z 2009-01-14 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-01-13 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-01-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 N Health Child health Computers and information technology Dental care Elementary and secondary education Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Intergovernmental relations Medicaid Medical tests and diagnostic methods Nutrition and diet Physical fitness and lifestyle Poverty and welfare assistance State and local finance Teaching, teachers, curricula Health 00 2009-01-13 Introduced in House 2009-03-17T19:07:42Z Medicaid-SCHIP Dental Benefits Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for coverage of dental benefits.

Directs the Comptroller General to provide for a study that examines: (1) access to dental services by children in underserved areas; (2) children's access to oral health care, including preventive and restorative services, under Medicaid and SCHIP; and (3) the feasibility and appropriateness of using qualified mid-level dental health providers, in coordination with dentists, to improve access for children to oral health services and public health overall.

Amends SSA title XI to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to identify and publish for general comment an initial, recommended core set of child health quality measures for use by state programs administered under Medicaid and SCHIP, health insurance issuers, and managed care entities that enter into contracts with such programs, as well as providers of items and services.

Directs the Secretary to establish a pediatric quality measures program.

Directs the Secretary to award not more than 10 grants to states and child health providers to conduct demonstration projects to evaluate promising ideas for improving the quality of children's health care under Medicaid or SCHIP.

Directs the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project to develop a comprehensive and systematic model for reducing childhood obseity.

Directs the Secretary to establish a program to encourage the development and dissemination of a model electronic health record format for children enrolled in the state plan under Medicaid or SCHIP.

Directs the Institute of Medicine to study and report to Congress on the extent and quality of efforts to measure child health status and the quality of health care for children across the age span and in relation to preventive care, treatments for acute conditions, and treatments aimed at ameliorating or correcting physical, mental, and developmental conditionns in children.

]]> Medicaid-SCHIP Dental Benefits Improvement Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Medicaid-SCHIP Dental Benefits Improvement Act of 2009 Display Title Medicaid-SCHIP Dental Benefits Improvement Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to improve dental benefits under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2009-01-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr462ih/xml/BILLS-111hr462ih.xml 2009-01-14 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.