HR 546 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

ACE Kids Act of 2015

Introduced Jan 27, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Joe Barton R-TX

Latest action · Jan 30, 2015 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 27, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act of 2015 or the ACE Kids Act of 2015

Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act to allow a state, at its option, to elect to provide medical assistance for items and services furnished to eligible children with medically complex conditions enrolled in a Medicaid Children's Care Coordination (MCCC) program.

Requires an MCCC program, among other things, to coordinate, integrate, and provide for the furnishing of the full range of MCCC program services to enrolled children, as well as designate pediatric care management services and pediatric focused care coordination and health promotion.

Requires a state to enroll eligible children prospectively in an MCCC program through an initial 90-day assignment to a nationally designated children's hospital network, unless the child opts not to participate in any MCCC program.

Cosponsors 227

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 27, 2015 to Dec 1, 2016; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Jan 27, 2015
R-WA	David G. Reichert	Original	Jan 27, 2015
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Jan 27, 2015
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	Jan 27, 2015
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler	Original	Jan 27, 2015
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Jan 27, 2015
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema	Original	Jan 27, 2015
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins	Original	Jan 27, 2015
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Jan 27, 2015
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Jan 27, 2015
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Jan 28, 2015
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Jan 28, 2015
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jan 28, 2015
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Jan 28, 2015
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Feb 2, 2015
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Feb 2, 2015
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Feb 2, 2015
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Feb 2, 2015
R-MO	Ann Wagner		Feb 2, 2015
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Feb 2, 2015
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Feb 2, 2015
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Feb 2, 2015
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Feb 2, 2015
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Feb 2, 2015
R-FL	David W. Jolly		Feb 2, 2015
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Feb 2, 2015
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Feb 2, 2015
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Feb 2, 2015
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Feb 2, 2015
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Feb 2, 2015
D-CT	John B. Larson		Feb 2, 2015
D-CA	John Garamendi		Feb 2, 2015
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Feb 2, 2015
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Feb 2, 2015
R-TX	Kay Granger		Feb 2, 2015
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Feb 2, 2015
R-TN	Stephen Lee Fincher		Feb 2, 2015
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Feb 2, 2015
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Feb 2, 2015
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Feb 2, 2015
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Feb 2, 2015
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Feb 3, 2015
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Feb 3, 2015
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Feb 3, 2015
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Feb 3, 2015
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Feb 4, 2015
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Feb 4, 2015
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Feb 4, 2015
R-MO	Billy Long		Feb 5, 2015
R-TX	Pete Olson		Feb 5, 2015
D-WI	Ron Kind		Feb 5, 2015
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Feb 5, 2015
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Feb 10, 2015
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Feb 10, 2015
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Feb 10, 2015
D-MA	Niki Tsongas		Feb 10, 2015
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		Feb 10, 2015
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Feb 10, 2015
R-MD	Andy Harris		Feb 11, 2015
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Feb 11, 2015
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Feb 11, 2015
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Feb 11, 2015
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Feb 11, 2015
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Feb 11, 2015
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Feb 12, 2015
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Feb 12, 2015
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Feb 12, 2015
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Feb 13, 2015
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Feb 25, 2015
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Feb 25, 2015
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Feb 25, 2015
R-MO	Sam Graves		Feb 25, 2015
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Feb 25, 2015
R-MO	Jason Smith		Feb 26, 2015
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Feb 26, 2015
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Mar 3, 2015
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Mar 3, 2015
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Mar 3, 2015
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Mar 3, 2015
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Mar 4, 2015
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Mar 4, 2015
R-TN	David P. Roe		Mar 16, 2015
D-WA	Denny Heck		Mar 16, 2015
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Mar 16, 2015
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Mar 16, 2015
D-MD	John K. Delaney		Mar 16, 2015
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Mar 16, 2015
R-IL	Robert J. Dold		Mar 16, 2015
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Mar 16, 2015
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Mar 16, 2015
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Mar 16, 2015
D-FL	Alan Grayson		Mar 17, 2015
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Mar 17, 2015
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney		Mar 18, 2015
R-PA	Ryan A. Costello		Mar 18, 2015
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Mar 19, 2015
R-IA	David Young		Mar 19, 2015
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Mar 23, 2015
D-IA	David Loebsack		Mar 24, 2015
R-AZ	Matt Salmon		Mar 24, 2015
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Mar 25, 2015
R-TX	Ted Poe		Mar 25, 2015
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Mar 26, 2015
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Mar 26, 2015
D-WA	Adam Smith		Apr 13, 2015
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Apr 13, 2015
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Apr 13, 2015
R-TX	Bill Flores		Apr 13, 2015
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Apr 13, 2015
D-CO	Jared Polis		Apr 15, 2015
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Apr 22, 2015
D-GA	John Lewis		Apr 28, 2015
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Apr 28, 2015
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		Apr 28, 2015
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Apr 30, 2015
D-GA	David Scott		May 13, 2015
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth		May 13, 2015
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		May 20, 2015
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		May 20, 2015
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		May 22, 2015
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke		Jun 2, 2015
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jun 3, 2015
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Jun 9, 2015
D-TX	Al Green		Jun 17, 2015
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Jun 17, 2015
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Jun 17, 2015
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jun 17, 2015
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Jun 17, 2015
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Jun 17, 2015
R-TX	Roger Williams		Jun 17, 2015
R-SC	Tom Rice		Jun 17, 2015
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Jul 7, 2015
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Jul 7, 2015
R-AR	J. French Hill		Jul 10, 2015
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Jul 14, 2015
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Jul 14, 2015
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jul 21, 2015
D-CA	Judy Chu		Jul 21, 2015
D-TX	Joaquin Castro		Jul 23, 2015
R-NY	Peter T. King		Jul 23, 2015
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jul 27, 2015
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Jul 29, 2015
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Jul 29, 2015
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Jul 31, 2015
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Sep 8, 2015
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Sep 8, 2015
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Sep 8, 2015
D-NY	Steve Israel		Sep 8, 2015
D-IL	Bill Foster		Sep 10, 2015
R-TX	Will Hurd		Sep 10, 2015
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Sep 15, 2015
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.		Sep 16, 2015
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		Sep 16, 2015
R-CA	Mimi Walters		Sep 16, 2015
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Sep 17, 2015
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Sep 17, 2015
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Sep 30, 2015
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Oct 1, 2015
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		Oct 6, 2015
D-NE	Brad Ashford		Oct 7, 2015
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Oct 8, 2015
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Oct 20, 2015
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Oct 20, 2015
D-CA	Karen Bass		Oct 20, 2015
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Oct 20, 2015
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Oct 20, 2015
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Oct 20, 2015
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Oct 20, 2015
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Oct 20, 2015
D-MA	William R. Keating		Oct 20, 2015
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Oct 28, 2015
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Oct 28, 2015
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Oct 28, 2015
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Nov 3, 2015
D-HI	Mark Takai		Nov 17, 2015
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Nov 17, 2015
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Nov 17, 2015
R-AZ	Martha McSally		Dec 3, 2015
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Dec 8, 2015
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Dec 16, 2015
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Jan 5, 2016
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Jan 12, 2016
D-CA	Sam Farr		Jan 12, 2016
R-IL	Darin LaHood		Feb 2, 2016
D-CT	James A. Himes		Feb 2, 2016
R-IL	Mike Bost		Feb 2, 2016
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Feb 2, 2016
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Feb 3, 2016
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Feb 23, 2016
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Feb 23, 2016
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Feb 24, 2016
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		Feb 25, 2016
R-CA	Paul Cook		Mar 3, 2016
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Mar 15, 2016
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Mar 15, 2016
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Apr 12, 2016
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Apr 12, 2016
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Apr 12, 2016
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Apr 19, 2016
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Apr 19, 2016
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Apr 26, 2016
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell		Apr 27, 2016
D-FL	Gwen Graham		May 10, 2016
D-CA	Mark Takano		May 13, 2016
R-WV	Evan H. Jenkins		May 18, 2016
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		May 18, 2016
R-KY	Andy Barr		Jun 7, 2016
R-IA	Rod Blum		Jun 22, 2016
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Jul 5, 2016
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Jul 5, 2016
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Jul 5, 2016
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Jul 6, 2016
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Jul 7, 2016
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Jul 12, 2016
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Sep 6, 2016
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Sep 7, 2016
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		Sep 8, 2016
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Sep 14, 2016
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin		Sep 20, 2016
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Sep 27, 2016
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Sep 27, 2016
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Sep 28, 2016
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Nov 15, 2016
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Nov 15, 2016
R-FL	John L. Mica		Nov 15, 2016
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Nov 15, 2016
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Dec 1, 2016

Withdrew 1 Michael F. Doyle D-PA Feb 1, 2016

Committees 1

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 27, 2015
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jan 30, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 30, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 27, 2015Introduced in House
Jan 27, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 13, January 27, 2015, page H640.

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. 114-158	EXAMINING THE ADVANCING CARE FOR EXCEPTIONAL KIDS ACT190 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Jul 7, 2016

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 298	ACE Kids Act of 2015	Identical bill	Jan 28, 2015

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program focused on improving health outcomes for children with medically complex conditions and lowering costs, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: ACE Kids Act of 2015; Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act of 2015

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 27, 2015Introduced in House

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