Children's Health Assurance through the Medicaid Program (CHAMP) Act
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (30 Jul 1998): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
What this bill does
The Children’s Health Assurance through the Medicaid Program (CHAMP) Act, introduced in 1998, proposes to expand the number of organizations that can determine a child is likely eligible for Medicaid benefits, a process known as presumptive eligibility. This would allow more community-based groups and schools to make these initial determinations for low-income children.
Specifically, the bill would allow elementary and secondary schools, child support enforcement agencies, child care resource and referral agencies, and certain state offices or contractors involved with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or federally funded housing programs to make these presumptive eligibility decisions. The goal is to make it easier for children to access medical assistance quickly.
As an introduced bill, S. 2382 has not yet been passed by Congress. Its next step would be to be considered by the Senate Committee on Finance, where it could be debated, amended, or advanced for a vote by the full Senate.
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Official summary
Children's Health Assurance through the Medicaid Program (CHAMP) Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow certain additional community-based entities to determine the presumptive Medicaid eligibility for low-income children. Includes among such entities: (1) elementary and secondary schools (including those operated or supported by the Bureau of Indian Affairs); (2) State child support enforcement agencies; (3) child care resource and referral agencies; and (4) State offices and private contractors that accept applications for or administer programs funded under SSA title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF), or that determine assistance or benefit eligibility for any federally-funded program of public or assisted housing under the United States Housing Act of 1937.
Timeline
30 Jul 1998
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Common questions
- What does S. 2382 do?
- The Children’s Health Assurance through the Medicaid Program (CHAMP) Act, introduced in 1998, proposes to expand the number of organizations that can determine a child is likely eligible for Medicaid benefits, a process known as presumptive eligibility. This would allow more community-based groups and schools to make these initial determinations for low-income children. Specifically, the bill would allow elementary and secondary schools, child support enforcement agencies, child care resource and referral agencies, and certain state offices or contractors involved with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or federally funded housing programs to make these presumptive eligibility decisions. The goal is to make it easier for children to access medical assistance quickly. As an introduced bill, S. 2382 has not yet been passed by Congress. Its next step would be to be considered by the Senate Committee on Finance, where it could be debated, amended, or advanced for a vote by the full Senate.
- Has S. 2382 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for S. 2382. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored S. 2382?
- S. 2382 was sponsored by Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] (R-AZ), with 2 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on S. 2382?
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (30 Jul 1998).
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