Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2003
Latest action · Oct 15, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12612-12615)
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.
- IntroducedOct 15, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2003 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give States new options to cover: (1) low-income pregnant women; and (2) low-income legal immigrant pregnant women and children under Medicaid and SCHIP.
Extends coverage under Medicaid of prescription drugs and counseling services to tobacco cessation medications to help pregnant women enrolled in the program quit using tobacco. Requires coverage of tobacco cessation counseling services for pregnant women, and exempts such services from cost-sharing charges. Covers tobacco cessation medications and counseling for pregnant women, also, under the Maternal and Child Health Services program under SSA title V.
Gives States the option under Medicaid to: (1) provide family planning services and supplies to individuals with incomes that do not exceed a State's income eligibility level for medical assistance; and (2) extend the postpartum period for provision of family planning services and supplies.
Gives States the option to provide wrap-around SCHIP coverage to children who have other health coverage.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 15, 2003 to May 12, 2004, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Oct 15, 2003 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | Oct 15, 2003 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Oct 17, 2003 | |
| D-GA | Zell Miller | Oct 29, 2003 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Nov 13, 2003 | |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Apr 5, 2004 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | May 12, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 15, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Oct 15, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12612-12615)
- Oct 15, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12612)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3293 | Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2003 | Identical bill | Oct 27, 2003 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Aliens
- Block grants
- Child health
- Cigarettes
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Contraceptives
- Dental care
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse prevention
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee health benefits
- Families
- Family planning and birth control
- Federal aid to child health services
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health counseling
- Health insurance
- Identification devices
- Immigrant health
- Immigration
- Infants
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Labor and Employment
- Low birth weight
- Maternal health services
- Medicaid
- Medically uninsured
- Performance measurement
- Poor children
- Pregnant women
- Prescription pricing
- Smokeless tobacco
- Smoking
- Social Welfare
- State laws
- Welfare eligibility
- Welfare waivers
- Women
- Women's health
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