Keep Children Covered Act of 2007

Summary

Keep Children Covered Act of 2007 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allot to each remaining shortfall state the amount that the Secretary determines will eliminate the estimated shortfall for the SCHIP program for the state for FY2007. Makes necessary appropriations.

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Timeline

1. 25 January 2007

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 25 January 2007

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 25 January 2007 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 January 2007

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
• Susan Collins · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
• John Reed · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
• Richard Durbin · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
• Sheldon Whitehouse · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] · D · Sponsor
• Amy Klobuchar · D · Sponsor
• Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
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Related records

• related to → To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to eliminate the remainder of the funding shortfalls in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for fiscal year 2007.