At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2017
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At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2017
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to specify that a state Medicaid program may not terminate a juvenile's medical assistance enrollment because the juvenile is incarcerated. A state may suspend enrollment while the juvenile is an inmate, but must restore enrollment upon release without requiring a new application or any other action unless the individual no longer meets the eligibility requirements for medical assistance.
A state must process an application submitted by, or on behalf of, an incarcerated juvenile, notwithstanding that the juvenile is an inmate.
A "juvenile" is an individual who: (1) is under 21 years of age; or (2) has aged out of the state's foster care system, was enrolled in the state plan while in foster care, and is under 26 years of age.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 874: At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-874/
"S. 874: At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-874/.
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