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S. 1564, The All Healthy Children Act of 2007

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.

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S. 1564 would amend the Social Security Act to provide health insurance converge for children and pregnant and post-partum women throughout the United States by combining the children and pregnant women health coverage under Medicaid and SCHIP into a new All Healthy Children Program.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log in to editAll Healthy Children Act of 2007 - Amends the wiki and be the firstSocial Security Act (SSA) to establish under a new title XXII (All Healthy Children Program) a state-operated program receiving federal financial assistance to provide comprehensive health coverage for children and pregnant and post-partum women in place of benefits previously provided for them under SSA titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP).

Establishes
a detailed summaryCommission on Children's Health Coverage to: (1) evaluate annually for Congress the status of children's health coverage in the bill!)United States; and (2) report to Congress a legislative proposal that would assure health benefits coverage for all U.S. children.

Provides for expedited congressional consideration of such proposal.

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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 6/7/2007: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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