To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group health plans and insurers offer access to coverage for children and to assist families in the purchase of such coverage, and for other purposes.
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 4, 1997)
Children Health Insurance Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, to: (1) require group health plans and health insurers to provide access to coverage for a participant's or beneficiary's qualifying children; and (2) impose a noncompliance excise tax.
Provides a tax credit, subject to limitations based on adjusted gross income, for an individual who purchases child health care coverage. Provides, as specified, for the payment by an employer of an additional payment to an employee's children's health insurance credit advance amount. Sets forth a reporting requirement relating to premiums received for health insurance coverage for children.
Prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee eligible for the credit.
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a State plan to provide cost-sharing assistance for qualifying children in a family with income below 150 percent of the poverty line.
Provides for grants to States to operate health insurance outreach and information programs concerning access to the benefits and coverage provided by this Act.
What just happenedFeb 21, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 4, 1997
- Feb 21, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee - Feb 14, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Feb 12, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Feb 4, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Feb 4, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Education and Workforce Committee - Feb 4, 1997IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Commerce, 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.
- Feb 4, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Feb 4, 1997IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E137)
- Feb 4, 1997IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 4, 1997IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House