| Passed by the House March 6, 2007 Yeas 96 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 10, 2007 Yeas 48 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 4016 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
Read first time 02/05/2007. Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
TO THE HONORABLE GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AND TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND THE SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES:
We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of
the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully
represent and petition as follows:
WHEREAS, The State Children's Health Insurance Program was
established to cover low-income children without health insurance in
families with incomes that exceed levels of what qualified a child for
Medicaid coverage; and
WHEREAS, The Program has allowed for a streamlining of the child
health application and enrollment processes, enabling more efficient
use of federal and state dollars and providing a number of options to
help assist children; and
WHEREAS, The Program has been resoundingly successful in providing
health insurance for these children; and
WHEREAS, The Program needs to be reauthorized by the federal
government in order for the Program to continue operating and serving
millions of children;
NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully pray that Congress
reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and
appropriate sufficient funds to cover all children eligible for the
program.
BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately
transmitted to the Honorable George W. Bush, President of the United
States, the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and
Human Services, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, and each member of Congress from the
State of Washington.