Five Freedoms for America’s Children Act
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Oct 27, 2021
Last action Oct 27, 2021
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Committee
1
Oct 27, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Oct 27, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Legislator
Party
State
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Robert P. Casey, Jr.
DDemocratic
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