3.0.0 1797 2023-01-11T13:38:35Z 2023-01-11T13:38:35Z Senate S 2017-09-12 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-09-12T19:42:11Z Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act 115 4998 HR 2018-06-12 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 567. Identical bill CRS 2017-09-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-09-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-09-12 True Health Adoption and foster care Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Medicaid State and local government operations Health 00 2017-09-12 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-05T17:58:35Z Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act

This bill requires state Medicaid programs to expand coverage for former foster care youth. Specifically, state Medicaid programs must cover individuals who were in foster care at 14 years of age but who subsequently left foster care due to a kinship guardianship. In addition, states must provide such coverage regardless of whether individuals were enrolled in Medicaid while in foster care.

]]> Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act Display Title Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act Short Titles as Introduced Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure health insurance coverage continuity for former foster youth. Introduced in Senate 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1797is/xml/BILLS-115s1797is.xml 2017-09-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.