3.0.0 1698 2022-11-01T06:17:27Z 2022-11-01T06:17:27Z Senate S 2019-06-03 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-03T20:10:24Z Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act 116 3059 HR 2019-06-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS EHDC Act of 2020 116 8200 HR 2020-09-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Related bill CRS 2019-06-03 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-06-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N Health Adoption and foster care Health care coverage and access Health promotion and preventive care Medicaid State and local government operations Health 00 2019-06-03 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-29T16:44:29Z Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act

This bill modifies certain changes that are scheduled to take effect under the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act relating to the coverage of former foster youth under Medicaid.

Under current law, a state Medicaid program must cover former foster youth until the age of 26 if the youth were in the state's foster care system at the age of 18 and were enrolled in the state's Medicaid program while in foster care; a state may choose to also cover former foster youth from other states. The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act altered these provisions to require a state Medicaid program to cover former foster youth from other states until the age of 26; such changes apply to former foster youth who reach the age of 18 on or after January 1, 2023.

The bill requires state Medicaid programs to also cover former foster youth who were placed in a legal guardianship with a kinship caregiver or were emancipated from foster care before the age of 18. The bill also repeals the provision that requires former foster youth to have been enrolled in a state Medicaid program while in foster care in order to qualify for Medicaid coverage until the age of 26. States must also establish Medicaid outreach and enrollment programs for former foster youth.

]]> Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act Display Title Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to ensure health insurance coverage continuity for former foster youth. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1698is/xml/BILLS-116s1698is.xml 2019-06-03 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.