15 U.S.C. § 657p — Outreach regarding health insurance options available to children

(a) Definitions. “Administration” and “Administrator” mean the Small Business Administration and its Administrator. “Certified development company” means a company in the title V Small Business Investment Act program. “Medicaid program” means title XIX of the Social Security Act. “Service Corps of Retired Executives” means the organization authorized by section 637(b)(1). “Small business concern” and “small business development center” have the meanings in sections 632 and 648. “State” has the meaning used in title XXI of the Social Security Act. “State Children’s Health Insurance Program” means the title XXI program. “Task force” means the subsection (b)(1) task force. “Women’s business center” means a center described in section 656. (b) Establishment of task force. (1) A task force is established for a nationwide education and outreach campaign telling small businesses about children’s coverage through private insurance, Medicaid, and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. (2) It consists of the Administrator and the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury. (3) The campaign must educate owners about the value of children’s coverage; explain ways owners and employees can make insurance more affordable, including Federal and State tax deductions and credits for health-care and insurance expenses and the Federal tax exclusion for employer cafeteria-plan insurance under section 125 of title 26; explain public-program assistance; and tell owners and employees about the Insure Kids Now hotline. (4) The task force may use Administration partners, including development centers, certified development companies, women’s business centers, and the Service Corps; make a memorandum with a chamber of commerce and partnerships with suitable small businesses or health groups; and designate HHS regional outreach programs to work with Administration district offices. (5) The Administrator must prominently link on the Administration website to each State’s Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance eligibility and enrollment information. (6) Within 2 years after February 4, 2009, and every 2 years afterward, the Administrator must report to the two congressional small-business committees on the campaign. Each report must update all efforts to educate owners and employees about children’s insurance through public and private options.