Number: RL34122
Title: H.R. 3162: Provisions in the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007
Authors: Richard Rimkunas, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: On August 1, 2007, the House passed H.R. 3162, the Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007. The bill would reauthorize and increase funding levels and state grant distributions for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and make changes to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The major SCHIP provisions would provide authorized program appropriations in perpetuity and would make changes to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Other major SCHIP provisions would provide more options and incentives to states to increase the number of children covered by SCHIP and Medicaid, modify the citizenship verification process, and change minimum benefit requirements.
Pages: 58
Date: August 14, 2007