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HR 3172 112th Congress House Health Child health Correctional facilities and imprisonment Juvenile crime and gang violence Medicaid

At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act

Introduced: October 12, 2011 Introduced by: Murphy, Christopher Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 18, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 12, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 12, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit a state from terminating (but requires it to suspend) eligibility for medical assistance for an eligible juvenile during the time he or she is an inmate of a public institution.

Requires the state to establish a process to ensure that: (1) it does not claim federal financial participation for items and services excluded from covered medical assistance, and (2) the eligible juvenile receives items and services which are covered and for which federal financial participation would have otherwise been permitted but for the juvenile's status as an inmate.

Requires the state to: (1) restore automatically full eligibility for such medical assistance to an eligible juvenile upon release from the institution; and (2) take all necessary steps to ensure that the juvenile can begin receiving medical assistance under Medicaid immediately upon such release, unless he or she no longer meets state or federal eligibility requirements.

What's happening now October 18, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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