S 321 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Dylan Lee James Act

Introduced Feb 13, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Chuck Grassley R-IA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 9, 2002 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 582.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedFeb 13, 2001
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Family Opportunity Act of 2001 or Dylan Lee James Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) give States the option of allowing families of disabled children to purchase Medicaid coverage for them; and (2) provide for treatment of inpatient psychiatric hospital services for individuals under age 21 under waivers allowing for payment of part or all of the cost of home or community-based services.

Amends SSA title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) to make appropriations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for special projects of regional and national significance for development and support of family-to-family health information centers.

Amends SSA title XIX to provide for the restoration of Medicaid eligibility to certain SSI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSA title XVI) beneficiaries under age 21.

Cosponsors 76

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2001 to Oct 9, 2002; 57 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalFeb 13, 2001
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalFeb 13, 2001
D-FLBill NelsonOriginalFeb 13, 2001
D-ARBlanche L. LincolnOriginalFeb 13, 2001
D-FLBob GrahamOriginalFeb 13, 2001
D-NDByron L. DorganOriginalFeb 13, 2001
D-MICarl LevinOriginalFeb 13, 2001
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalFeb 13, 2001
D-CTChristopher J. DoddOriginalFeb 13, 2001
R-WYCraig ThomasOriginalFeb 13, 2001
D-HIDaniel K. AkakaOriginalFeb 13, 2001
D-HIDaniel K. InouyeOriginalFeb 13, 2001
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalFeb 13, 2001
D-MAEdward M. KennedyOriginalFeb 13, 2001
D-INEvan BayhOriginalFeb 13, 2001
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Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateFinance Committee
Referred Feb 13, 2001Markup Jul 11, 2002Reported Sep 9, 2002

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 9, 2002Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Baucus with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 107-265.
  2. Sep 9, 2002Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 582.
  3. Jul 11, 2002Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Feb 13, 2001Introduced in Senate
  5. Feb 13, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1346)
  6. Feb 13, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S1346Chuck Grassley R-IA, Edward M. Kennedy D-MAFeb 13, 2001

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

  1. Aug 21, 2002S. 321, Family Opportunity Act of 2002<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on July 11, 2002</p>
  2. Aug 21, 2002S. 321, Family Opportunity Act of 2002Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on July 11, 2002

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 600Dylan Lee James ActIdentical billMar 14, 2001

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage under the medicaid program for such children, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Dylan Lee James Act
Family Opportunity Act of 2001
Short Titles as Reported to Senate
Family Opportunity Act of 2002
Dylan Lee James Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 9, 2002Reported to Senate
  2. Feb 13, 2001Introduced in Senate

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