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HR 835 114th Congress House

Family-Based Foster Care Services Act of 2015

Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services in Medicaid.

Introduced: March 4, 2015 Introduced by: DeLauro, Rosa L. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Health Adoption and foster careChild care and developmentChild healthDisability and paralysis
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 13, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 10, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 10, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 13, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Family-Based Foster Care Services Act of 2015

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend medical assistance coverage to therapeutic foster care services.

Requires a qualified therapeutic foster care program to be state-licensed and provide:

  • foster care children under 21 with structured daily activities, including the development of age-appropriate social, communication and behavioral skills, trauma-informed and gender-responsive services, crisis intervention and crisis support services, medication monitoring, counseling, and case management; and
  • biological parents, kinship caregivers, and foster care parents with specialized training and consultation in the management of children with mental illness, trauma, other emotional or behavioral disorders, medically fragile conditions, or developmental disabilities, the impact of trauma on child and caregiver, and specific additional training on the needs of each child provided such services.
 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 473 Related bill SONG Act
  • HR 919 Related bill CHIP Extension and Improvement Act of 2015
  • S 429 Related bill Family-Based Foster Care Services Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 12 Republican 3
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Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Jul 12, 2016
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Jul 1, 2016
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jun 7, 2016
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · May 23, 2016
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jan 25, 2016
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Dec 10, 2015
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jul 21, 2015
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 23, 2015
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 2, 2015
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 29, 2015
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Apr 20, 2015
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 19, 2015
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Mar 19, 2015
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 4, 2015
Murphy, Tim
· Feb 24, 2015
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Feb 10, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 835: Family-Based Foster Care Services Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-835/
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"H.R. 835: Family-Based Foster Care Services Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-835/.
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