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1/6/2009--Introduced.MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2009 - Amends the Social Security Act to establish the MediKids program to guarantee comprehensive health coverage for all children born after 2009. Creates in the Treasury the MediKids Trust Fund. Expands the duties of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC). Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose on all except very low-income taxpayers a MediKids premium; and (2) create a refundable tax credit providing a catastrophic limit on cost-sharing expenses. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to propose a gradual schedule of progressive tax changes to fund the Medikids program, as the number of enrollees grows in the out-years. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to identify and publish for general comment an initial, recommended core set of child health quality measures for use under the MediKids Program, by state programs administered under titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act, health insurance issuers and managed care entities that enter into contracts with such programs, and providers of items and services. Directs the Secretary to establish a pediatric quality measures program. Directs the Secretary to award up to 10 grants to states and child health providers to conduct demonstration projects to evaluate promising ideas for improving the quality of children's health care. Directs the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project to develop a comprehensive and systematic model for reducing childhood obesity. Directs the Secretary to establish a program to encourage the development and dissemination of a model electronic health record format for children. Directs the Institute of Medicine to study and report to Congress on efforts to measure child health status and the quality of health care. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to specified congressional committees on children's access to primary and speciality services under Medicaid, CHIP, and MediKids. Requires application of certain managed care quality safeguards to SCHIP.

1231218000 2009-01-06 Fri Nov 13 10:33:20 -0600 2009 introduced 53996 'act':4 '2009':6 'insur':3 'health':2 'medikid':1 66909 false short introduced 53996 'act':6 '2009':18 'born':16 'care':11 'amend':2 'secur':5 'health':10 'purpos':22 'social':4 'coverag':12 'children':15 'guarante':8 'comprehens':9 66910 false official action 53996 1231218000 Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 180813 Referred to House Ways and Means S000810 1931-11-11 2046 239 Cannon House Office Building http://www.house.gov/stark/contact/index.htm 13 202-226-3805 Fortney 'd':4 'ca':5 '-13':6 'rep':1 'pete':9 'stark':3,8,11 'fortney':2,7,10 M 400387 Stark Fortney_Pete_Stark H. Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13] 618 Pete N00007397 6687 Democrat 202-225-5065 Unitarian CA Pete Fortney Stark 3.85714285714286 http://www.house.gov/stark/ repstark action 53996 1231218000 Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 180813 Referred to House Ways and Means action 53996 1231218000 Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 180812 Referred to House Energy and Commerce action 53996 1231218000 Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 180811 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 53996 1231218000 Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 180809 action 53996 1231218000 Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 180810 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E18-19)