Kids First Act

A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.

10/4/2007--Introduced.
Kids First Act - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise, reauthorize, and extend the SCHIP program through FY2012 at increased levels.
Provides for determination of allotments for the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on expenditures and numbers of low-income children. Sets limitations on matching rates for populations other than targeted low-income children or pregnant women covered through a Section 1115 waiver.
Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from approving, extending, renewing, or amending a waiver, experimental, pilot, or demonstration project with respect to a state after the enactment of this Act that would allow funds made available under SCHIP to be used to provide child health assistance or other health benefits coverage for any other adult other than a pregnant woman whose family income does not exceed the income eligibility level specified for a targeted low-income child in that state under a waiver or approved project.
Requires a state to determine family income eligibility for child health assistance or other health benefits coverage under the state child health plan solely on the basis of the family's gross income.
Directs the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities to conduct outreach and enrollment efforts designed to increase the enrollment and participation of eligible children under SCHIP and SSA title XIX (Medicaid).Allows a state to elect to offer a premium assistance subsidy for qualified employer sponsored coverage to all targeted low-income children eligible for child health assistance. Allows any state the option to include an unborn child as a child under SCHIP.
Repeals current federal payment rates at different specified percentages for different specified aspects of Medicaid administrative costs to prescribe a flat 50% rate for all such costs.
Requires a 25% reduction in payments for Medicaid administrative costs (to prevent duplication of such payments under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of SSA title IV).


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Sponsor

• Sen. Mitch McConnell [R, KY]
• and 22 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Wayne Allard [R, CO]
  • Sen. John Barrasso [R, WY]
  • Sen. Robert Bennett [R, UT]
  • Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
  • Sen. Jim Bunning [R, KY]
  • Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]
  • Sen. C. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]
  • Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK]
  • Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
  • Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX]
  • Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
  • Sen. Elizabeth Dole [R, NC]
  • Sen. John Ensign [R, NV]
  • Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY]
  • Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC]
  • Sen. Judd Gregg [R, NH]
  • Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK]
  • Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]
  • Sen. Jon Kyl [R, AZ]
  • Sen. Trent Lott [R, MS]
  • Sen. John Thune [R, SD]
  • Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2152

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
October 04, 2007

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• Oct 15, 2007: Star Print ordered on the bill.
• Added to calendar on Oct 05, 2007: Read the second time. Ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 412..
• Oct 04, 2007: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/15/2007 S12866-12870)
• Introduced on Oct 04, 2007.
• Oct 04, 2007: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

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• Welfare eligibility
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• Subsidies
• Poor children
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• Medicine
• Medically uninsured
• Medical care
• Medicaid
• Insurance premiums
• Health insurance
• Finance
• Fetus
• Federal aid to child health services
• Children
• Budgets
• Authorization
• Health policy

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October 16, 2007 Have Nebraska Doctors & Nurses Joined Democrats' SCHIP Conspiracy?

A recently introduced Senate Bill (S.2152) is anchored on the $14 billion figure. If kids really do come first, Congress should forgo an override of President Bush's veto of the Democrats $35 billion bill, tweak the new bill as needed ...

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October 10, 2007 Senate Republican Leadership to Seek Reconsideration of SCHIP Plan ...

[1] The SCHIP provisions in the current McConnell proposal (S. 2152) are identical to those in the Lott-McConnell amendment (S. Amdt. 2593) offered on August 1 as a substitute to the original Senate SCHIP bill. ...

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October 03, 2007 S. 2152, A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to ...

S. 2152 would amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2012....

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