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S. 2689 117th Congress Senate

Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021

Official title: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure that children in foster care who are placed in a qualified residential treatment program are eligible for Medicaid.

Introduced: August 10, 2021 See on congress.gov
Health Adoption and foster careChild healthHospital careMedicaid
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Aug 10, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 10, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action August 10, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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).

 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
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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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