HR 1085 · 106th Congress · Health
Healthy Kids 2000 Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.(1999-04-09)
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Healthy Kids 2000 Act - Title I: Health Care Accessibility and Accountability for Mothers and Newborns - Subtitle A: Accessibility of Mothers and Newborns to Health Insurance - Mothers and Newborns Health Insurance Act of 1999 - Amends title XXI (Children's Health Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize a State child health plan, under the State Children's Health Insurance Program, to provide for optional coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income, uninsured pregnant women. (Sec. 103) Makes a child born to a woman receiving such pregnancy-related assistance automatically eligible for child health assistance. (Sec. 104) Provides for the expanded availability of funding for administrative costs related to certain outreach and eligibility determinations under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program with regard to children and pregnant women. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a procedure with regard to the participation of local and community-based public or nonprofit organizations in outreach and enrollment activities if States do not otherwise obligate the amounts made available for such activitie…
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Cosponsors (20)
15 Democrats5 Republicans