Kids Come First Act of 2005
Latest action · Jan 24, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedJan 24, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Kids Come First Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give states the option to receive 100% Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentages (FMAPs) for medical assistance for children in poverty in exchange for expanded coverage of children in working poor families under Medicaid (SSA title XIX) or SCHIP (SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance).
Eliminates the cap on SCHIP funding for states that expand eligibility for children.
Gives states the option to: (1) provide wrap-around SCHIP coverage to children who have other health coverage; (2) enroll low-income children of state employees in SCHIP; (3) provide optional coverage of legal immigrant children under Medicaid and SCHIP; and (4) provide for passive renewal of eligibility for children under Medicaid and SCHIP.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for: (1) a refundable income tax credit for health insurance coverage of children; and (2) forfeiture of the personal tax exemption for any child not covered by health insurance.
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to require group market health insurers to offer a dependent coverage option for workers and other individuals with children.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for partial repeal of rate reduction in the highest income tax bracket.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2005 to Sep 14, 2005, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Jan 24, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Jan 24, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Original | Jan 24, 2005 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Jan 24, 2005 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Jan 24, 2005 |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | Mar 7, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Apr 27, 2005 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Apr 28, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Sep 6, 2005 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Sep 14, 2005 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Jan 24, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1668 | Kids First Act of 2005 | Related bill | May 9, 2005 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Aliens
- Appropriations
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee health benefits
- Families
- Federal aid to child health services
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- Health insurance
- Immigrant health
- Immigration
- Income
- Income tax
- Insurance premiums
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Labor and Employment
- Medicaid
- Medical savings accounts
- Medically uninsured
- Poor children
- Social Welfare
- State employees
- Tax credits
- Tax deductions
- Tax exemption
- Tax rates
- Tax refunds
- Tax returns
- Taxation
- Welfare eligibility
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