S. 740 · 109th Congress
Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act of 2005
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Jeff Bingaman
- Introduced
- 2005-04-07
- Latest action
- 2005-04-07 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act of 2005- Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give States new options to: (1) cover low-income pregnant women; and (2) provide for coordination of SCHIP with the Maternal and Child Health Program under SSA title V.
Provides for an increase in SCHIP income eligibility.