HR 1143 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Keep America Healthy Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 6, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Juanita Millender-McDonald D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 17, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 6, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Keep America Healthy Act of 2003 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make a new optional Medicaid eligibility group for individuals between ages 21 and 65 whose family income does not exceed a State-specified percentage up to 200 percent of the applicable poverty line. Authorizes the State also to require the individual's resources not to exceed whatever level the State may establish, so long as it is not more restrictive than the requirements of the Supplemental Security Income program under SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income). Provides for the application to such new group of the enhanced Federal medical assistance percentage described under SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP).

Amends SSA title XI to provide for an increase in the Medicaid payment limit for territories to accommodate expanded coverage for residents of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2003 to Mar 27, 2003, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Mar 6, 2003
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Original	Mar 6, 2003
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Original	Mar 6, 2003
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Mar 6, 2003
D-NY	Major R. Owens	Original	Mar 6, 2003
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty	Original	Mar 6, 2003
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Mar 27, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 17, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 6, 2003Introduced in House
Mar 6, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Subjects

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

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