MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2007
Latest action · May 17, 2007 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.
- IntroducedMay 17, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2007 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (Medikids Program), which creates a program to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage, including prescription drugs for all children meeting specified age requirements.
Creates the MediKids Trust Fund.
Expands the membership of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to 19.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a MediKids premium for the taxable year, with an exemption for very low-income taxpayers; and (2) create a refundable tax credit providing a catastrophic limit on MediKids cost-sharing expenses.
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 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 17, 2007 to Jun 10, 2008; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-OR | David Wu | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | May 17, 2007 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Apr 3, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Apr 3, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Apr 10, 2008 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Apr 10, 2008 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | May 6, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | May 7, 2008 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 7, 2008 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jun 10, 2008 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 17, 2007 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 17, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 17, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 17, 2007Introduced in House
- May 17, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1089)
- May 17, 2007Referred 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.
- May 17, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1089Summaries E1089 | Fortney Pete Stark D-CA | May 17, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-171 | EMERGING CONTAMINANTS IN U.S. WATERS118 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Sep 18, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2522 | MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2007 | Related bill | Dec 19, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Social Security Act to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children born after 2008.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Child health
- Coinsurance
- Comprehensive health care
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Health insurance
- Income tax
- Insurance premiums
- Medical economics
- Medicare
- Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
- National health insurance
- Prescription pricing
- Social Welfare
- Tax credits
- Tax refunds
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 17, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
