HR 3921 · 115th Congress · Health

HEALTHY KIDS Act

Introduced 2017-10-03· Sponsored by Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263.(2017-10-23)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Helping Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act of 2017 or the HEALTHY KIDS Act This bill amends titles XI (General Provisions), XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act to extend funding for CHIP through FY2022 and otherwise revise CHIP, Medicaid, and Medicare. The bill also extends funding through FY2022 for: the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund, the Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project, the Pediatric Quality Measures Program, and specified outreach and enrollment grants. In addition, the bill reauthorizes through FY2022: the qualifying-states option (which allows states that provided coverage to now CHIP-eligible children prior to CHIP's enactment to continue to provide such coverage), and the express-lane eligibility option (which allows states to use eligibility findings from other public benefit programs to determine children's eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP). Beginning in FY2020, the bill allows state child-health plans to adopt more restrictive eligibility standards with respect to children in families whose inc…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 3921, HEALTHY KIDS Act of 2017

Oct 19, 2017

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 4, 2017

Full CBO report ↗

H.R. 3921, HEALTHY KIDS Act of 2017

Oct 23, 2017

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 4, 2017

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office