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115-hr-4820115th Congress

ASK Act

Sponsored By: Representative McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]

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Summary

Advancing Seniors and Kids Act or the ASK Act This bill extends, and otherwise revises, various public health and social welfare programs. Specifically, the bill: permanently extends the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); extends by one year, but reduces by half, additional federal financial participation for CHIP; extends CHIP's qualifying-states option, express-lane eligibility option, and outreach and enrollment program; extends the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund, the Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project, and the Pediatric Quality Measures Program; modifies Medicare payment rules and reporting requirements with respect to ground-ambulance services; permanently extends specialized Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for certain special-needs individuals; expands certain supplemental benefits under MA for chronically ill enrollees; extends the Medicare payment adjustment known as the "home-health rural add-on"; makes permanent or extends other specified programs and payment rules under Medicare; under Medicaid, extends certain health workforce demonstration projects as well as specified programs related to community health centers, diabetes, graduate medical education, family-to-family health-information centers, abstinence education, and personal-responsibility education; delays certain changes, under Medicaid, to disproportionate-share hospital allotments and to third-party liability provisions; extends the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program and requires, under the program, continued demonstration of improvements in certain benchmark areas; establishes a grant program for the monitoring of representative payees under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program and the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program; otherwise revises provisions related to representative payment under SSI and OASDI; and with respect to the child-welfare system, modifies provisions related to information sharing and to overpayment liability. 

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]

VA • D

Cosponsors

  • LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • WM. CLAY

    MO • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • JOSE SERRANO

    NY • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]

    WI • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • JAMES LANGEVIN

    RI • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]

    LA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]

    IN • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]

    MP • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]

    TN • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen [D-HI-1]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]

    AL • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]

    IA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]

    ME • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]

    NH • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Kihuen, Ruben J. [D-NV-4]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 1/18/2018

  • Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 1/19/2018

  • Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 1/19/2018

  • Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 1/19/2018

  • Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 1/19/2018

  • Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 1/19/2018

  • Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2018

  • Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2018

  • Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2018

  • Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2018

  • Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2018

  • Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2018

  • Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]

    MS • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2018

  • GENE GREEN

    TX • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2018

  • Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2018

  • Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2018

  • Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2018

  • Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2018

  • Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2018

  • Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2018

  • Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]

    VT • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2018

  • Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE]

    DE • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2018

  • ELIOT ENGEL

    NY • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2018

  • TIM RYAN

    OH • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2018

  • Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2018

  • Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2018

  • Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2018

  • Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2018

  • COLLIN PETERSON

    MN • D

    Sponsored 2/5/2018

  • Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 2/5/2018

  • ALCEE HASTINGS

    FL • D

    Sponsored 2/5/2018

  • Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 2/5/2018

  • NITA LOWEY

    NY • D

    Sponsored 2/5/2018

  • Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 2/15/2018

Roll Call Votes

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