United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 3921 (115th)
HEALTHY KIDS Act
Introduced
3 October 2017
Last action
23 October 2017 · Committee
Status
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263.
Sponsors
Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
7 April 2025
Summary
Helping Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act of 2017 or the HEALTHY KIDS Act This bill amends titles XI (General Provisions), XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act to extend funding for CHIP through FY2022 and otherwise revise CHIP, Medicaid, and Medicare. The bill also extends funding through FY2022 for: the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund, the Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project, the Pediatric Quality Measures Program, and specified outreach and enrollment grants. In addition, the bill reauthorizes through FY2022: the qualifying-states option (which allows states that provided coverage to now CHIP-eligible children prior to CHIP's enactment to continue to provide such coverage), and the express-lane eligibility option (which allows states to use eligibility findings from other public benefit programs to determine children's eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP). Beginning in FY2020, the bill allows state child-health plans to adopt more restrictive eligibility standards with respect to children in families whose income exceeds 300% of the poverty line. Current law provides states with an enhanced Federal Matching Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for child-health assistance through FY2019. The bill maintains the enhanced FMAP in FY2020, but halves the percentage-point increase. The bill eliminates Medicaid payment reductions for disproportionate-share hospitals (which receive additional payment under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients) in FY2018, but extends such reductions by two years (through FY2027). The bill also increases Medicaid funding for Puerto Rico through FY2019. Such funding shall be further increased through 2019 if Puerto Rico takes specified actions to improve its Medicaid program. In addition, the bill: alters provisions related to third-party liability under Medicaid and CHIP, specifies how a state must treat qualified lottery winnings and lump-sum income for purposes of determining Medicaid eligibility, and eliminates Medicare premium subsidies for beneficiaries with annual incomes exceeding $500,000.
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Timeline
3 October 2017
Introduced
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.
Source: IntroReferral
3 October 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
3 October 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 October 2017
Vote
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23.
Source: Committee
4 October 2017
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
19 October 2017
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-358, Part I.
Source: Committee
19 October 2017
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-358, Part I.
Source: Committee
19 October 2017
Introduced
House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 23, 2017.
Source: IntroReferral
23 October 2017
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263.
Source: Calendars
23 October 2017
Discharge
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Source: Discharge
23 October 2017
Committee
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Reported in House · 23 October 2017 · Download file
- Introduced in House · 3 October 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Reported in House (PDF)
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Reported to House amended, Part I
summary · EN · 19 October 2017
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Sponsors
- Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] · R · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to → HELP Puerto Rico Act
- related to → Child Health Outreach and Mentorship Program Act
- related to → Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable Over Lottery Winners Act of 2017
- related to → Medicaid Third Party Liability Act
- related to → KIDS Act of 2017
- related to → To amend title XXI to allow for the blending of risk pools of children's health insurance buy-in programs with the risk pools of State child health plans under such title, and for other purposes.
- related to ← CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act
- related to ← Medicaid Third Party Liability Act
- related to ← Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable Over Lottery Winners Act of 2017
- related to ← Making further additional continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes.
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3921
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3921
- us · 115-hr-3921 · source updated 7 April 2025