US Congress Senate Bill 356 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Hallways to Health Act This bill amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to: establish a grant program for school-based health centers to, with respect to children who are eligible for Medicaid and CHIP, facilitate access to services and encourage the adoption of healthy behaviors; establish a demonstration program for the provision or expansion of telehealth services in school-based health centers; and require state Medicaid and CHIP programs to cover services furnished by school-based health centers. In addition, the bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2022 and revise school-based health center programs. The bill also amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to specify that school-based health centers are essential community providers for purposes of inclusion in a qualified health plan.

Hallways to Health Act

Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB1027 (Same As) 2017-02-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/356/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s356/BILLS-115s356is.pdf