US SB429 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-4-1)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Family-Based Foster Care Services Act Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend medical assistance coverage to therapeutic foster care services. Requires a qualified therapeutic foster care program to be state-licensed and provide: foster care children under 21 with structured daily activities, including the development of age-appropriate social, communication and behavioral skills, trauma-informed and gender-responsive services, crisis intervention and crisis support services, medication monitoring, counseling, and case management; and biological parents, kinship caregivers, and foster care parents with specialized training and consultation in the management of children with mental illness, trauma, other emotional or behavioral disorders, medically fragile conditions, or developmental disabilities, the impact of trauma on child and caregiver, and specific additional training on the needs of each child provided such services.
Title
Family-Based Foster Care Services Act
Sponsors
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] | Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH] | Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI] | Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA] |
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] | Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO] | Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK] | Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA] |
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY] | Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME] | Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA] | Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA] |
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] |
Sen. Angus King [I-ME] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-02-10 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Same As/Similar To
HB835 (Related) 2015-02-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB919 (Related) 2015-02-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB473 (Related) 2015-02-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB919 (Related) 2015-02-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB473 (Related) 2015-02-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Adoption and foster care
Child care and development
Child health
Disability and paralysis
Health
Medicaid
Mental health
Child care and development
Child health
Disability and paralysis
Health
Medicaid
Mental health
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/429/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s429/BILLS-114s429is.pdf |