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HR 6959 116th Congress House

Dosha Joi Immediate Coverage for Foster Youth Act

Official title: To amend the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to provide for immediate eligibility for former foster youth under Medicaid.

Introduced: May 22, 2020 See on congress.gov
Health Administrative remediesAdoption and foster careHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessMedicaid
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 22, 2020
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 Latest action May 22, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Dosha Joi Immediate Coverage for Foster Youth Act

This bill accelerates the application of 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 instead applies these changes to former foster youth who reach the age of 18 on or after the date of enactment of this bill.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 3057 Related bill Immediate Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act
  • S 1697 Related bill Immediate Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act
  • HR 8200 Related bill EHDC Act of 2020
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Jul 21, 2020
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jul 1, 2020
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · May 22, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6959: Dosha Joi Immediate Coverage for Foster Youth Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6959/
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"H.R. 6959: Dosha Joi Immediate Coverage for Foster Youth Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6959/.
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H.R. 6959, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6959/.
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