Kids First Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1668
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aliens
Appropriations
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health insurance
Immigrant health
Immigration
Income
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Medicaid
Medical savings accounts
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare
State employees
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Tax refunds
Tax returns
Taxation
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Kids First Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give States the option to receive 100 percent Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for medical assistance to children in poverty in exchange for expanded coverage of children in working poor families under Medicaid or SCHIP (SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance)).
 
Eliminates the cap on SCHIP funding for States that expand eligibility for children.
 
Gives States the option to: (1) provide wrap-around SCHIP coverage to children who have other health coverage; (2) enroll low-income children of State employees in SCHIP; (3) provide optional coverage of legal immigrant children under Medicaid and SCHIP; and (4) provide for passive renewal of eligibility for children under Medicaid and SCHIP. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for: (1) a refundable income tax credit for health insurance coverage of children; and (2) forfeiture of the personal tax exemption for any child not covered by health insurance. 
 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act to require group market health insurers to offer a dependent coverage option for workers and other individuals with children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House