3.0.0 142 2019-11-15T21:54:58Z 2019-11-15T21:54:58Z Senate S S 2009-01-06 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-01-06T21:36:24Z 2009-01-06 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-01-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S128) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2009-01-08 False Health Child health Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Income tax credits Income tax rates Intergovernmental relations Medicaid Poverty and welfare assistance Health 00 2009-01-06 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-13T19:40:10Z Kids Come First Act of 2009 - 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.

Establishes a task force to conduct a nationwide campaign of education and outreach for small business concerns regarding the availability of coverage for children through private insurance options, the Medicaid program, and SCHIP.

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) 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.

]]> Kids Come First Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Kids Come First Act of 2009 Display Title Kids Come First Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to ensure that every uninsured child in America has health insurance coverage, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2009-01-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s142is/xml/BILLS-111s142is.xml 2009-01-06 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.