Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4056 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure that medical assist- ance is available to children in foster care who are placed in a qualified residential treatment program under the Medicaid program. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 13, 2023 Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, and Ms. CHU) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure that medical assistance is available to children in foster care who are placed in a qualified residential treatment program under the Medicaid program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring Medicaid 4 Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2023’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:46 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4056.IH H4056 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 4056 IH SEC. 2. ENSURING THAT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAIL- 1 ABLE TO CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE WHO 2 ARE PLACED IN A QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL 3 TREATMENT PROGRAM UNDER THE MED- 4 ICAID PROGRAM. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905(a)(31)(B) of the So- 6 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(31)(B)) is amended 7 by inserting ‘‘and care and services provided to any indi- 8 vidual who is a child in foster care under the responsibility 9 of a State who has been placed, in accordance with the 10 requirements of section 475A(c), in a child care institution 11 that is a qualified residential treatment program (as de- 12 fined in section 472(k)(4)), but only if payments are being 13 made on behalf of such child under section 472 with re- 14 spect to which Federal payments may be made under sec- 15 tion 474(a)(1) and only if the child continues to be in fos- 16 ter care under the responsibility of a State’’ after ‘‘section 17 1915(l)’’. 18 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 19 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to medical assist- 20 ance furnished in calendar quarters beginning on or after 21 October 1, 2023. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:46 Jul 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4056.IH H4056 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB