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
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 10, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 10, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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