Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3269
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2007-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Authorization
Child health
Citizenship
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Dental care
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal-state relations
Federal-territorial relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Health insurance
Identification devices
Immigration
Insurance premiums
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medically uninsured
Mental health services
Parents
Poor children
Pregnant women
Quality of care
Social Welfare
Tax administration
Tax rates
Taxation
Tobacco tax
Welfare eligibility
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: 
Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Reauthorizes the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) (also known as SCHIP) under title XXI of the Social Security Act (SSA) through FY2012.
 
Provides allotments for the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Revises funding for the territories under CHIP and Medicaid (SSA title XIX).

Provides incentive bonuses for states.
 
Phases out coverage for nonpregnant childless adults under CHIP and sets conditions for coverage of parents.
 
Gives states the option to cover low-income pregnant women under CHIP through a state plan amendment.

Establishes in the Treasury the CHIP Contingency Fund.

Provides for the two-year availability of allotments.
 
Provides for limitation on matching rate for states that propose to cover children with effective family income exceeding 300% of the poverty line.
 
Provides an option for qualifying states to receive the enhanced portion of the CHIP matching rate for Medicaid coverage of certain children.
 
Outlines outreach and enrollment requirements, including ones for reducing administrative barriers to enrollment..
 
Gives states the option to verify declaration of citizenship or nationality for purposes of eligibility for Medicaid through verification of name and Social Security number.
 
Provides for additional state option for providing premium assistance.

Provides for special enrollment period under group health plans in case of termination of Medicaid or CHIP coverage or eligibility for assistance in purchase of employment-based coverage.
 
Provides for development of an initial core set of health care quality measures for children enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP.
 
Revises requirements related to payment error rate measurement and data collection. 

Provides for mental health parity in CHIP plans.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award dental health grants.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for an increase in excise tax rate on tobacco products.

Amends the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 with respect to time for payment of corporate estimated taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2007-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2007-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2007-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2007-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Introduced in House