Bill SponsorBILLSPONSOR
Bill Sponsor
Politicians
Bills
Senate Bill 712
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Dosha Joi Immediate Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 11, 2021
Overview
Text
Introduced
Mar 11, 2021
Latest Action
Mar 11, 2021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
712
Congress
117
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Bob Casey Jr.
Pennsylvania
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Dosha Joi Immediate Coverage for Former 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. States must also establish Medicaid outreach and enrollment programs for former foster youth.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
March 11, 2021
Related Bills (1)
Mar 11, 2021
Introduced in House
10
Sponsorship
House Bill 1793
Immediate Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act
Introduced
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (2)
03/11/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
03/11/2021
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:47:43 PM
Copyright © 2024 Civic Bits LLC
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service
What's New
About