KIDS CARE Act
Latest action · Jun 16, 2022 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 285.
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.
- IntroducedMar 28, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Keeping Incarceration Discharges Streamlined for Children and Accommodating Resources in Education Act or the KIDS CARE Act
This bill requires states to ensure eligible incarcerated juveniles are given health screenings and appropriate referrals under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in coordination with their release. It also allows state Medicaid programs to cover juveniles who are pretrial detainees.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must also issue guidance on (1) ways to reduce administrative barriers for schools and school-based health centers to obtain reimbursement under Medicaid and CHIP; (2) how to expand mental, emotional, and behavioral health services under Medicaid; (3) existing Medicaid flexibilities to support children in crisis through more intensive services; and (4) strategies to increase access to telehealth services under Medicaid and CHIP.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 28, 2022 to May 27, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Mar 28, 2022 |
| R-IA | Ashley Hinson | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Apr 4, 2022 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | May 27, 2022 |
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 Mar 28, 2022Markup May 18, 2022Reported Jun 16, 2022 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 29, 2022Markup May 11, 2022Reported May 11, 2022 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 117-374.
- Jun 16, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 285.
- May 18, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 18, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 52 - 0.
- May 11, 2022Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 11, 2022Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 0 .
- Mar 29, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 28, 2022Introduced in House
- Mar 28, 2022Referred 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.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 54, March 28, 2022, page H3896.
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. 117-79 | COMMUNITIES IN NEED: LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL- BEING304 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Apr 5, 2022 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for requirements under Medicaid State plans for health screenings and referrals for certain eligible juveniles in public institutions; and to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue clear and specific guidance under the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance programs to improve the delivery of health care services, including mental health services, in elementary and secondary schools and school-based health centers.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Keeping Incarceration Discharges Streamlined for Children and Accommodating Resources in Education Act
- KIDS CARES Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- KIDS CARE Act
- Keeping Incarceration Discharges Streamlined for Children and Accommodating Resources in Education Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Child health
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Detention of persons
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Elementary and secondary education
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Medicaid
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Mental health
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Rural conditions and development
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2022Reported in House
- Mar 28, 2022Introduced 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.
