An Act To Ensure Access to Certain Health Care Services for Children

CONCEPT DRAFT SUMMARY

This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.

This bill proposes to ensure access to health care for children by:

1. Allowing a child who does not have health care coverage to see a medical specialist free of charge; and

2. Allowing the child to continue to be seen and treated by that specialist, if the medical condition is one that can be treated by that specialist, for a small fee based only on income, such as actual wages earned by the child's parent or guardian or general assistance provided to the child or the child's parent or guardian. Unearned income, such as interest and dividends, savings, retirement plans, pensions, unemployment or workers' compensation benefits and the value of property owned by the child or the parent or guardian of the child, would not be includable for purposes of determining the fee to be paid to the specialist.