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HR 3059 116th Congress House

Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act

Official title: 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.

Introduced: June 3, 2019 See on congress.gov
Health Adoption and foster careHealth care coverage and accessHealth promotion and preventive careMedicaidState and local government operations
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 3, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 3, 2019
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 Latest action June 4, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act

This bill modifies certain changes that are scheduled to take effect under the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act relating to the coverage of former foster youth under Medicaid.

Under current law, a state Medicaid program must cover former foster youth until the age of 26 if the youth were in the state's foster care system at the age of 18 and were enrolled in the state's Medicaid program while in foster care; a state may choose to also cover former foster youth from other states. The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act altered these provisions to require a state Medicaid program to cover former foster youth from other states until the age of 26; such changes apply to former foster youth who reach the age of 18 on or after January 1, 2023.

The bill requires state Medicaid programs to also cover former foster youth who were placed in a legal guardianship with a kinship caregiver or were emancipated from foster care before the age of 18. The bill also repeals the provision that requires former foster youth to have been enrolled in a state Medicaid program while in foster care in order to qualify for Medicaid coverage until the age of 26. States must also establish Medicaid outreach and enrollment programs for former foster youth.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 8200 Related bill EHDC Act of 2020
  • S 1698 Identical bill Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3059: Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3059/
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"H.R. 3059: Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3059/.
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H.R. 3059, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3059/.
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