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S 429 114th Congress Senate Health Adoption and foster care Child care and development Child health Disability and paralysis Family services Medicaid Mental health

Family-Based Foster Care Services Act

Introduced: February 10, 2015 Introduced by: Baldwin, Tammy Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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Feb 10, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 10, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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Family-Based Foster Care Services Act

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.
What's happening now February 10, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 473 Related bill SONG Act
  • HR 835 Related bill Family-Based Foster Care Services Act of 2015
  • HR 919 Related bill CHIP Extension and Improvement Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 7 Republican 2 Independent 1
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Jul 13, 2016
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Feb 1, 2016
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jan 19, 2016
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Dec 18, 2015
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Dec 8, 2015
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Dec 1, 2015
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Nov 10, 2015
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Oct 5, 2015
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Aug 3, 2015
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Jun 23, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 429: Family-Based Foster Care Services Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-429/
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"S. 429: Family-Based Foster Care Services Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-429/.
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S. 429, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-429/.
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