More Children, More Choices Act of 2007

To provide for a 5-year SCHIP reauthorization for coverage of low-income children, an expansion of child health care insurance coverage through tax fairness, and a health care Federalism initiative, and for other purposes.

10/18/2007--Introduced.
More Children, More Choices Act of 2007 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a state SCHIP plan to specify how it will achieve coverage for 90% of targeted low-income children. Prohibits SCHIP payment for children with family income above 250% of the applicable poverty line. Sets forth special rules for SCHIP payment for children with family income above 200% of the applicable poverty line. Provides for standardization of income determinations. Applies citizenship documentation requirements to SCHIP beneficiaries, and increases the federal matching rate for citizenship documentation enforcement under SSA title XIX (Medicaid) and SCHIP. Places limitations on SCHIP eligibility based on substantial net assets. Requires state SCHIP plans to describe how they will provide for targeted low-income children covered under a group health plan. Revises federal financial participation requirements for employer-sponsored insurance. Requires the offering of alternative coverage options under SCHIP. Changes the allotment distribution formula for allotments to the states and the District of Columbia, particularly for targeted low-income children and pregnant women. Prohibits redistribution of unused allotments. Reauthorizes the SCHIP program through FY2012 at increased levels. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible entities to improve outreach to and enrollment of eligible children. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow:
(1) a limited tax credit for qualified health insurance for any dependent child; and
(2) advance payment to insurance providers of health insurance credit for purchasers of such insurance. Directs the Secretary to establish a State Health Coverage Innovation Commission to make grants to states for innovative health reform projects. Directs the Secretary to implement administrative reforms with respect to the Medicare and Medicaid programs sufficient to result in projected reductions in the Medicare and Medicaid federal budget baselines for FY2008-FY2013 that exceed the projected revenue loss for the same period attributable to the tax credit provided for, and the increase in the federal budget baseline for SCHIP resulting from, this Act.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Marilyn Musgrave [R, CO-4]
• and 50 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Michele Bachmann [R, MN-6]
  • Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6]
  • Rep. Rob Bishop [R, UT-1]
  • Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R, TN-7]
  • Rep. Roy Blunt [R, MO-7]
  • Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8]
  • Rep. Jo Bonner [R, AL-1]
  • Rep. John Boozman [R, AR-3]
  • Rep. Henry Brown [R, SC-1]
  • Rep. Dan Burton [R, IN-5]
  • Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7]
  • Rep. John Carter [R, TX-31]
  • Rep. Steven Chabot [R, OH-1]
  • Rep. Howard Coble [R, NC-6]
  • Rep. Tom Cole [R, OK-4]
  • Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R, FL-4]
  • Rep. Barbara Cubin [R, WY-0]
  • Rep. David Davis [R, TN-1]
  • Rep. Tom Feeney [R, FL-24]
  • Rep. Trent Franks [R, AZ-2]
  • Rep. John Gingrey [R, GA-11]
  • Rep. Louis Gohmert [R, TX-1]
  • Rep. Dean Heller [R, NV-2]
  • Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R, MI-2]
  • Rep. Darrell Issa [R, CA-49]
  • Rep. Ric Keller [R, FL-8]
  • Rep. John Kline [R, MN-2]
  • Rep. Joseph Knollenberg [R, MI-9]
  • Rep. John Linder [R, GA-7]
  • Rep. Donald Manzullo [R, IL-16]
  • Rep. Gary Miller [R, CA-42]
  • Rep. Jeff Miller [R, FL-1]
  • Rep. Mike Pence [R, IN-6]
  • Rep. Joseph Pitts [R, PA-16]
  • Rep. Tom Price [R, GA-6]
  • Rep. Adam Putnam [R, FL-12]
  • Rep. Peter Roskam [R, IL-6]
  • Rep. Jean Schmidt [R, OH-2]
  • Rep. Peter Sessions [R, TX-32]
  • Rep. William Shuster [R, PA-9]
  • Rep. Adrian Smith [R, NE-3]
  • Rep. Lamar Smith [R, TX-21]
  • Rep. Mark Souder [R, IN-3]
  • Rep. Lee Terry [R, NE-2]
  • Rep. William Thornberry [R, TX-13]
  • Rep. Timothy Walberg [R, MI-7]
  • Rep. Zach Wamp [R, TN-3]
  • Rep. David Weldon [R, FL-15]
  • Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R, GA-3]
  • Rep. Roger Wicker [R, MS-1]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 2 more
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Rules
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3888

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
October 18, 2007

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• Oct 18, 2007: Referred to House Rules
• Oct 18, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Oct 18, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Oct 18, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on Oct 18, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• S.2193

Related Issue Areas:

• Women
• Welfare eligibility
• Welfare
• Taxation
• 26 more
• Tax credits
• State and local government
• Pregnant women
• Poor children
• Medicine
• Medicare
• Medically uninsured
• Medical care
• Medicaid
• Labor
• Intergovernmental fiscal relations
• Insurance premiums
• Income tax
• Immigration
• Health insurance
• Government spending reductions
• Finance
• Federal-state relations
• Federal aid to child health services
• Employee health benefits
• Citizenship
• Children
• Budgets
• Authorization
• Aged
• Health policy

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November 01, 2007 Democrats Show Their Partisan Colors on SCHIP

The More Children, More Choices Act, HR 3888, fully funds SCHIP for the children it was intended to serve. To advance our shared goal of all Americans ...

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November 26, 2007 marilyn martinez

introduced in the House, as HR 3888, by Representative Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) and is cosponsored by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO). ... .. marilyn mansson marilyn markus marilyn ...

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November 02, 2007 Democrats Show Their Partisan Colors on SCHIP

The More Children, More Choices Act, HR 3888, fully funds SCHIP for the children it was intended to serve. To advance our shared goal of all Americans having health care coverage, the bill also provides tax credits for the purchase of ...

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October 31, 2007 Trick or Treat? Congress's SCHIP a Halloween Trick

2193), and by Representatives Marilyn Musgrave (R–CO), Tom Feeney (R–FL), Tom Price (R–GA), and Tim Walberg (R–MI) in the House (HR 3888). This compromise reauthorizes SCHIP for the population it was intended to serve. ...

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