II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1364 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 10, 2007 Mr. Durbin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 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.

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This Act may be cited as the Healthy Kids Act of 2007. (b)

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The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—Extension of SCHIP Sec. 101. Extension of SCHIP program; increase in allotments to take into account growth in child population and health care costs. Sec. 102. 2-year initial availability of SCHIP allotments. Sec. 103. Redistribution of unused allotments to address State funding shortfalls. TITLE II—State Options for Increasing Coverage of Children and Pregnant Women under Medicaid and SCHIP Sec. 201. Bonus payments for States that implement administrative policies to streamline enrollment process. Sec. 202. State option to provide for express lane and simplified determinations of a child’s financial eligibility for medical assistance under Medicaid or child health assistance under SCHIP. Sec. 203. Information technology connections to improve health coverage determinations. Sec. 204. State option to expand or add coverage of certain pregnant women under Medicaid and SCHIP. Sec. 205. Optional coverage of legal immigrants under Medicaid and SCHIP. Sec. 206. Authorizing adjustment of SCHIP allotment due to increased outreach. Sec. 207. Model of Interstate coordinated enrollment and coverage process. Sec. 208. Authority for qualifying States to use portion of SCHIP allotment for any fiscal year for certain Medicaid expenditures. Sec. 209. Application of Medicaid outreach procedures to all pregnant women and children. Sec. 210. No impact on section 1115 waivers. Sec. 211. Elimination of counting Medicaid child presumptive eligibility costs against title XXI allotment. Sec. 212. Prohibiting limitations on enrollment. TITLE III—Elimination of Certain Barriers to Coverage Sec. 301. State option to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for purposes of eligibility for Medicaid. Sec. 302. Increased Federal matching rate for language services provided under Medicaid or SCHIP. TITLE IV—Grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment under Medicaid and SCHIP Sec. 401. Grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment under Medicaid and SCHIP. TITLE V—Improving the quality of pediatric care Sec. 501. Requiring coverage of EPSDT services, including dental services, State option to provide supplemental coverage of dental services. Sec. 502. Pediatric quality and performance measures program. Sec. 503. Grants to States for demonstration projects transforming delivery of pediatric care. Sec. 504. Report by the comptroller general on design and implementation of a demonstration project evaluating existing quality and performance measures for children’s inpatient hospital services. Sec. 505. Medical home demonstration project. Sec. 506. Disease prevention and treatment demonstration projects for ethnic and racial minority children. TITLE VI—Commission on Children’s Health Coverage Sec. 601. Commission on Children’s Health Coverage.