MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-194
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Comprehensive health care
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax credits
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Poverty and welfare assistance
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2009 - Amends the Social Security Act to establish the MediKids program to guarantee comprehensive health coverage for all children born after 2009. 
 
Creates in the Treasury the MediKids Trust Fund.
 
Expands the duties of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC).
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose on all except very low-income taxpayers a MediKids premium; and (2) create a refundable tax credit providing a catastrophic limit on cost-sharing expenses.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to propose a gradual schedule of progressive tax changes to fund the Medikids program, as the number of enrollees grows in the out-years.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to identify and publish for general comment an initial, recommended core set of child health quality measures for use under the MediKids Program, by state programs administered under titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act, health insurance issuers and managed care entities that enter into contracts with such programs, and providers of items and services.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a pediatric quality measures program.
 
Directs the Secretary to award up to 10 grants to states and child health providers to conduct demonstration projects to evaluate promising ideas for improving the quality of children's health care.
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project to develop a comprehensive and systematic model for reducing childhood obesity.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a program to encourage the development and dissemination of a model electronic health record format for children.
 
Directs the Institute of Medicine to study and report to Congress on efforts to measure child health status and the quality of health care.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to specified congressional committees on children's access to primary and speciality services under Medicaid, CHIP, and MediKids. 
 
Requires application of certain managed care quality safeguards to SCHIP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E18-19)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House