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HR 5414 117th Congress House Health Adoption and foster care Child health Hospital care Medicaid

Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021

Introduced: April 21, 2022 Introduced by: Bilirakis, Gus M. Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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Sep 30, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 29, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 29, 2021
Introduced in House
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Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021

This bill allows states to receive federal Medicaid payment for services provided to foster care children in qualified residential treatment programs (i.e., programs with trauma-informed treatment models that address the needs of children with serious emotional or behavioral disorders or disturbances).

What's happening now September 30, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2689 Identical bill Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021
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 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Democratic 9 Republican 6
D
Auchincloss, Jake
Massachusetts · Dec 14, 2022
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Oct 11, 2022
 R
Mace, Nancy
South Carolina · Jul 1, 2022
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · May 11, 2022
O'Halleran, Tom
· Apr 21, 2022
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Mar 15, 2022
 R
Emmer, Tom
Minnesota · Mar 15, 2022
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Mar 11, 2022
Long, Billy
· Feb 8, 2022
 R
Kim, Young
California · Jan 18, 2022
Axne, Cynthia
· Jan 3, 2022
 D
Lee, Susie
Nevada · Jan 3, 2022
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Dec 2, 2021
McKinley, David
· Nov 23, 2021
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Nov 5, 2021
Delgado, Antonio
· Nov 5, 2021
 R
Dunn, Neal P.
Florida · Nov 5, 2021
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Nov 5, 2021
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Oct 15, 2021
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Sep 29, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5414: Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5414/
MLA
"H.R. 5414: Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5414/.
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H.R. 5414, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5414/.
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