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S 2689 117th Congress Senate Health Adoption and foster care Child health Hospital care Medicaid

Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021

Introduced: August 10, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Aug 10, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 10, 2021
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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 August 10, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5414 Identical bill Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jan 31, 2022
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Padilla, Alex
California · Sep 20, 2021
 R
Young, Todd
Indiana · Sep 20, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2689: Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2689/
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"S. 2689: Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2689/.
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S. 2689, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2689/.
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