S 622 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Dylan Lee James Act

Introduced Mar 13, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Chuck Grassley R-IA

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 21, 2004 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.

  1. IntroducedMar 13, 2003
  2. Passed SenateMay 6, 2004
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Family Opportunity Act of 2004 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) add to the list of persons eligible for Medicaid home and community-based service waiver programs individuals under 21 years of age requiring inpatient psychiatric hospital services.

Amends SSA title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) to: (1) make appropriations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for FY 2005 through 2007; and (2) authorize appropriations to the Secretary for FY 2008 and 2009 for special projects of regional and national significance for development and support of family-to-family health information centers.

Amends SSA title XIX to confer Medicaid eligibility to persons who are under age 21 and who are eligible for SSI, effective on the later of: (1) the date the application was filed; or (2) the date the individual became eligible for SSI.

Cosponsors 66

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 13, 2003 to Apr 7, 2004, with 54 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalMar 13, 2003
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalMar 13, 2003
D-ARBlanche L. LincolnOriginalMar 13, 2003
D-NDByron L. DorganOriginalMar 13, 2003
D-MICarl LevinOriginalMar 13, 2003
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalMar 13, 2003
D-CTChristopher J. DoddOriginalMar 13, 2003
R-WYCraig ThomasOriginalMar 13, 2003
D-HIDaniel K. AkakaOriginalMar 13, 2003
D-HIDaniel K. InouyeOriginalMar 13, 2003
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalMar 13, 2003
D-MAEdward M. KennedyOriginalMar 13, 2003
D-SCErnest F. HollingsOriginalMar 13, 2003
D-INEvan BayhOriginalMar 13, 2003
R-ORGordon H. SmithOriginalMar 13, 2003
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Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 21, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. May 10, 2004Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  3. May 10, 2004Received in the House.
  4. May 10, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  5. May 6, 2004Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4946-4951; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S4946-4948)
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Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1811Dylan Lee James ActIdentical billApr 24, 2003

Subjects

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

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