S. 1564 · 110th Congress
All Healthy Children Act of 2007
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Bernie Sanders
- Introduced
- 2007-06-07
- Latest action
- 2007-07-30 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
Summary
All Healthy Children Act of 2007 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish under a new title XXII (All Healthy Children Program) a state-operated program receiving federal financial assistance to provide comprehensive health coverage for children and pregnant and post-partum women in place of benefits previously provided for them under SSA titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP).
Establishes a Commission on Children's Health Coverage to: (1) evaluate annually for Congress the status of children's health coverage in the United States; and (2) report to Congress a legislative proposal that would assure health benefits coverage for all U.S. children.
Provides for expedited congressional consideration of such proposal.