S 183 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Dylan Lee James Act

Introduced Jan 26, 2005 Originated Senate Sponsor Chuck Grassley R-IA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jan 26, 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.

  1. IntroducedJan 26, 2005
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Family Opportunity Act of 2005 or Dylan Lee James Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give States the option of allowing families of disabled children to purchase Medicaid coverage for such children.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct demonstration projects under which up to ten States are awarded grants, on a competitive basis, to test the effectiveness in improving or maintaining a child's functional level and cost-effectiveness of providing coverage of home and community-based alternatives to psychiatric resident treatment for children enrolled in the Medicaid program.

Amends SSA title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) to make appropriations to the Secretary for special projects of regional and national significance for development and support of family-to-family health information centers.

Amends SSA title XIX to provide for the restoration of Medicaid eligibility to certain SSI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSA title XVI) beneficiaries under age 21.

Cosponsors 55

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 26, 2005 to Sep 8, 2005; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MAEdward M. KennedyOriginalJan 26, 2005
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiFeb 10, 2005
D-ARBlanche L. LincolnFeb 10, 2005
D-NDByron L. DorganFeb 10, 2005
D-MICarl LevinFeb 10, 2005
D-NYCharles E. SchumerFeb 10, 2005
D-CTChristopher J. DoddFeb 10, 2005
R-MOChristopher S. BondFeb 10, 2005
R-NEChuck HagelFeb 10, 2005
D-HIDaniel K. AkakaFeb 10, 2005
D-HIDaniel K. InouyeFeb 10, 2005
D-MIDebbie StabenowFeb 10, 2005
D-CADianne FeinsteinFeb 10, 2005
D-INEvan BayhFeb 10, 2005
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergFeb 10, 2005
R-ORGordon H. SmithFeb 10, 2005
D-NVHarry ReidFeb 10, 2005
D-WIHerb KohlFeb 10, 2005
D-NYHillary Rodham ClintonFeb 10, 2005
D-RIJack ReedFeb 10, 2005
R-VTJames M. JeffordsFeb 10, 2005
D-NMJeff BingamanFeb 10, 2005
R-MOJim TalentFeb 10, 2005
D-WVJohn D. Rockefeller IVFeb 10, 2005
D-MAJohn F. KerryFeb 10, 2005
D-NJJon S. CorzineFeb 10, 2005
I-CTJoseph I. LiebermanFeb 10, 2005
D-DEJoseph R. Biden Jr.Feb 10, 2005
D-NDKent ConradFeb 10, 2005
R-SCLindsey GrahamFeb 10, 2005
D-WAMaria CantwellFeb 10, 2005
D-MNMark DaytonFeb 10, 2005
D-ARMark L. PryorFeb 10, 2005
D-LAMary L. LandrieuFeb 10, 2005
D-MTMax BaucusFeb 10, 2005
R-OHMike DeWineFeb 10, 2005
R-UTOrrin G. HatchFeb 10, 2005
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyFeb 10, 2005
D-WAPatty MurrayFeb 10, 2005
D-MDPaul S. SarbanesFeb 10, 2005
R-NMPete V. DomeniciFeb 10, 2005
R-INRichard G. LugarFeb 10, 2005
D-ILRichard J. DurbinFeb 10, 2005
R-PARick SantorumFeb 10, 2005
R-UTRobert F. BennettFeb 10, 2005
R-MESusan M. CollinsFeb 10, 2005
D-SDTim JohnsonFeb 10, 2005
D-IATom HarkinFeb 10, 2005
D-CABarbara BoxerFeb 14, 2005
R-KYJim BunningFeb 16, 2005
D-NEBen NelsonFeb 17, 2005
D-ORRon WydenFeb 17, 2005
R-KSSam BrownbackMar 15, 2005
D-FLBill NelsonJul 1, 2005
R-NCRichard BurrSep 8, 2005

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateFinance Committee
Referred Jan 26, 2005

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 26, 2005Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 26, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S592-593)
  3. Jan 26, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S592, S593Chuck Grassley R-IA, Edward M. Kennedy D-MAJan 26, 2005

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1443Dylan Lee James ActIdentical billMar 22, 2005

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage under the medicaid program for such children, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Dylan Lee James Act
Family Opportunity Act of 2005

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 26, 2005Introduced in Senate

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