116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
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.
June 3, 2019
Mr. Casey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act”.
SEC. 2. Coverage continuity for former foster care children up to age 26.
(a) In general.—Section 1002(a)(1)(B) of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271) is amended by striking all that follows after “item (cc),” and inserting the following: “by striking ‘responsibility of the State’ and all that follows through ‘475(8)(B)(iii); and’ and inserting ‘responsibility of a State on the date of attaining 18 years of age (or such higher age as such State has elected under section 475(8)(B)(iii)), or who were in such care at any age but subsequently left such care to enter into a legal guardianship with a kinship caregiver (without regard to whether kinship guardianship payments are being made on behalf of the child under this part) or were emancipated from such care prior to attaining age 18;’”.
(b) Amendments to Social Security Act.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(IX) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(IX)), as amended by section 1002(a) of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271), is amended—
(A) in item (bb), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(B) by striking item (dd).
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on January 1, 2023.
SEC. 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, 2020, 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.”.