S 1587 · 109th Congress · Health

Children's Health Equity Technical Amendment Act of 2005

Introduced 2005-07-29· Sponsored by Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9509)(2005-07-29)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Children's Health Equity Technical Amendment Act of 2005 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to permit qualifying states to use up to 20% of their SCHIP allotment for any fiscal year (currently, only for FY1998-FY2001) for certain Medicaid expenditures.…

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Cosponsors (13)

9 Democrats3 Republicans1 Independent
Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]NM
Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]WA
Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT]VT
Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]TN
Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]WA
Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]HI
Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]RI
Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI]RI
Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]VT
Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]CT
Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]MN
Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]MD
Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD]MD