US Congress House Bill 6959 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on May 22 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-22 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Dosha Joi Immediate Coverage for Foster Youth Act

Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-22	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2020-05-22	House	Introduced in House

HB3057 (Related) 2019-06-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB1697 (Related) 2019-06-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB8200 (Related) 2020-09-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6959/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6959/BILLS-116hr6959ih.pdf