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Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act

USA117th CongressS-709| Senate 
| Updated: 3/11/2021
Robert P. Casey

Robert P. Casey

Democratic Senator

Pennsylvania

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-1698
Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act
Mar 11, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 11, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 12, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-1795
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-1698
    Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act


  • March 11, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 11, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


  • March 12, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-1795
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 117-1795: Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act
Adoption and foster careHealth care coverage and accessMedicaid

Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act

USA117th CongressS-709| Senate 
| Updated: 3/11/2021
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.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-1698
Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act
Mar 11, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 11, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 12, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-1795
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-1698
    Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act


  • March 11, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 11, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


  • March 12, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-1795
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Robert P. Casey

Robert P. Casey

Democratic Senator

Pennsylvania

Finance Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 117-1795: Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Adoption and foster careHealth care coverage and accessMedicaid