Responsible Expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Act of 2008
Latest action · Apr 29, 2008 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.
- IntroducedApr 29, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Responsible Expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Act of 2008 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, to revise, reauthorize, and extend the SCHIP program through FY2013.
Requires the state SCHIP plan to specify how it will achieve coverage for 85% of eligible targeted low-income children in the state.
Prohibits payment for child health assistance for a targeted low-income child in a family whose income exceeds 300% of the poverty line. Sets forth special rules for children with family income between 200% and 300% of the applicable poverty line.
Applies Medicaid citizenship documentation requirements to SCHIP.
Terminates SCHIP coverage for nonpregnant adults.
Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the best practices by states in addressing the substitution of SCHIP coverage for private coverage (SCHIP crowd-out).
Directs the Secretary to arrange with the Institute of Medicine to report to Congress on: (1) the most accurate, reliable, and timely way to measure the rate of public and private health benefits coverage among low-income children; and (2) SCHIP crowd-out.
Directs the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register and post on the Department of Health and Human Services public website: (1) recommendations regarding best practices for states to address SCHIP crowd-out; and (2) uniform standards for related data collection.
Requires each state with a SCHIP plan to submit to the Secretary a plan amendment describing how the state will address such SCHIP crowd-out and incorporate recommended best practices.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide that any compensation deferred under a nonqualified deferred compensation plan of a nonqualified entity shall be taken into account for purposes of income taxation when there is no substantial risk of forfeiture of the rights to such compensation; and (2) add special rules for partners providing investment management services to partnership.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Apr 29, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 29, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Apr 29, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, to limit income eligibility expansions under that program until the lowest income eligible individuals are enrolled, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Responsible Expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Citizenship
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Federal aid to child health services
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health insurance
- Immigration
- Income tax
- Investment advisers
- Labor and Employment
- Medicaid
- Medical statistics
- Medically uninsured
- Partnerships
- Poor children
- Social Welfare
- Standards
- Tax-deferred compensation plans
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 29, 2008Introduced in Senate
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