More Children, More Choices Act of 2009
Latest action · Jan 14, 2009 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.
- IntroducedJan 13, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
More Children, More Choices Act of 2009 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a state SCHIP plan to specify how it will achieve coverage for 90% of targeted low-income children.
Prohibits SCHIP payment for children with family income above 250% of the applicable poverty line.
Sets forth special rules for SCHIP payment for children with family income above 200% of the applicable poverty line.
Provides for standardization of income determinations.
Applies citizenship documentation requirements to SCHIP beneficiaries, and increases the federal matching rate for citizenship documentation enforcement under SSA title XIX (Medicaid) and SCHIP.
Places limitations on SCHIP eligibility based on substantial net assets.
Requires state SCHIP plans to describe how they will provide for targeted low-income children covered under a group health plan.
Revises federal financial participation requirements for employer-sponsored insurance.
Requires the offering of alternative coverage options under SCHIP.
Changes the allotment distribution formula for allotments to the states and the District of Columbia, particularly for targeted low-income children and pregnant women. Prohibits redistribution of unused allotments.
Reauthorizes the SCHIP program through FY2014 at increased levels.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible entities to improve outreach to and enrollment of eligible children.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a limited tax credit for qualified health insurance for any dependent child; and (2) advance payment to insurance providers of health insurance credit for purchasers of such insurance.
Directs the Secretary to establish a State Health Coverage Innovation Commission to make grants to states for innovative health reform projects.
Directs the Secretary to implement administrative reforms with respect to the Medicare and Medicaid programs sufficient to result in projected reductions in the Medicare and Medicaid federal budget baselines for FY2010-2015 that exceed the projected revenue loss for the same period attributable to the tax credit provided for, and the increase in the federal budget baseline for SCHIP resulting from, this Act.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 13, 2009 to Mar 12, 2009; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-PA | Bill Shuster | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-SC | Henry E. Brown, Jr. | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-NC | Howard Coble | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-LA | John Fleming | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-MN | John Kline | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-MN | Michele Bachmann | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Jan 21, 2009 | |
| R-OH | Jean Schmidt | Jan 21, 2009 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Jan 21, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Jan 21, 2009 | |
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | Feb 12, 2009 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Mar 12, 2009 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 13, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 14, 2009 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 13, 2009 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Jan 13, 2009 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 14, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 13, 2009Introduced in House
- Jan 13, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Jan 13, 2009Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, 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.
- Jan 13, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a 5-year SCHIP reauthorization for coverage of low-income children, an expansion of child health care insurance coverage through tax fairness, and a health care Federalism initiative, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- More Children, More Choices Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advisory bodies
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Child health
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Income tax credits
- Intergovernmental relations
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Sex and reproductive health
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Tax treatment of families
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2009Introduced in House
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