H.R. 546: ACE Kids Act of 2015
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H.R. 546: ACE Kids Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-27 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-27 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
ACE Kids Act of 2015
Plain summary
Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act of 2015 or the ACE Kids Act of 2015 Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act to allow a state, at its option, to elect to provide medical assistance for items and services furnished to eligible children with medically complex conditions enrolled in a Medicaid Children's Care Coordination (MCCC) program. Requires an MCCC program, among other things, to coordinate, integrate, and provide for the furnishing of the full range of MCCC program services to enrolled children, as well as designate pediatric care management services and pediatric focused care coordination and health promotion. Requires a state to enroll eligible children prospectively in an MCCC program through an initial 90-day assignment to a nationally designated children's hospital network, unless the child opts not to participate in any MCCC program.
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Official text
ACE Kids Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] · 228 cosponsors
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Kathy Castor (D-FL), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), John Garamendi (D-CA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Steve Cohen (D-TN) and 168 more.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr546.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr546 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114