MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2005
Latest action · Jul 1, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
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.
- IntroducedJun 23, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2005 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (Medikids Program) to provide for health insurance coverage for all children born after December 31, 2006, in a program modeled after Medicare that also includes prescription drugs and reduced cost-sharing for low-income children.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, during September of each year, to establish a monthly Medikids premium for the following year.
Establishes in the Treasury the Medikids Trust Fund to contain the Medikids premiums collected under the Internal Revenue Code.
Amends title XVIII to increase Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) membership to 19.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a Medikids premium for the taxable year on a taxpayer with a dependent enrolled in the MediKids program, with exceptions for very low-income taxpaters.
Provides that in the case of a taxpayer who has a MediKid at any time during the taxable year, there shall be allowed as a refundable credit against income taxes an amount equal to the excess of: (1) the amount paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year as cost-sharing; over (2) 5% of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the taxable year.
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.
Cosponsors 55
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2005 to Jul 27, 2006, with 34 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | Jun 23, 2005 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jun 23, 2005 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Jun 23, 2005 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Jun 23, 2005 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Jun 23, 2005 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Jun 23, 2005 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Jun 23, 2005 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jun 23, 2005 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | Jun 23, 2005 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Jun 23, 2005 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | Jun 23, 2005 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Jun 23, 2005 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Jun 23, 2005 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Jun 23, 2005 |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Original | Jun 23, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 1, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- Jun 24, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1339-1340)
- Jun 23, 2005Introduced in House
- Jun 23, 2005Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1303 | MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2005 | Identical bill | Jul 27, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Catastrophic health insurance
- Child health
- Comprehensive health care
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Federal aid to child health services
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Health insurance
- Identification devices
- Income tax
- Insurance premiums
- Managed care
- Medicaid
- Medical screening
- Medical tests
- Medically uninsured
- Medicare
- Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
- National health insurance
- Poor children
- Preventive medicine
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Tax credits
- Tax rates
- Tax refunds
- Taxation
- Telephone
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2005Introduced in House
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