A bill to ensure America's children have the freedom to be healthy, to be economically secure, to learn, to not be hungry, and to be safe from harm.
Five Freedoms for America's Children Act
This bill establishes and modifies programs concerning children's health, financial security, education, nutrition, and welfare. Among other changes, the bill (1) provides for the automatic enrollment of all children under the age of 19 in Medicaid; (2) establishes savings accounts, and provides for annual deposits of federal funds into these accounts, for children of income-eligible parents; (3) provides mandatory funding for the Head Start Program; (4) facilitates the participation of income-eligible children in school-based nutrition programs through certain automatic certifications; and (5) establishes grant programs to address institutional and systemic child abuse.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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