Immediate Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act

Bill: 117-hr-1793
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2021-03-11
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care

Health care coverage and access

Medicaid
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Immediate Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act</b></p> <p>This bill accelerates the application of 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. </p> <p>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&nbsp;former foster youth&nbsp;who reach the age of 18 on or after January 1, 2023. </p> <p>The bill instead applies these changes to&nbsp;former foster youth&nbsp;who reach the age of 18 on or after the date of enactment of this bill. States must also establish Medicaid outreach and enrollment programs for former foster youth.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1793 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 11, 2021 Ms. Bass (for herself, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , and Mr. McGovern ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to provide for immediate eligibility for former foster youth under Medicaid.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Immediate Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act . 2. Providing for immediate Medicaid eligibility for former foster youth Section 1002(a)(2) of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act ( Public Law 115–271 ) is amended by striking January 1, 2023 and inserting the date of enactment of the Immediate Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act . 3. Outreach efforts for enrollment of former foster children Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (85), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (2) in paragraph (86), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (86) the following new paragraph: (87) not later than January 1, 2022, establish an outreach and enrollment program, in coordination with the State agency responsible for administering the State plan under part E of title IV and any other appropriate or interested agencies, designed to increase the enrollment of individuals who are eligible for medical assistance under the State plan under paragraph (10)(A)(i)(IX) in accordance with best practices established by the Secretary. .