Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021
Latest action · Sep 30, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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).
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 29, 2021 to Dec 14, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Sep 29, 2021 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Oct 5, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Oct 5, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Oct 15, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Nov 5, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Nov 5, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Nov 5, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Nov 5, 2021 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Nov 23, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Jan 3, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Jan 3, 2022 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Jan 18, 2022 | |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Feb 8, 2022 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Feb 8, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Mar 11, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| R-MN | Tom Emmer | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Apr 21, 2022 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | May 11, 2022 | |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Jul 1, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Oct 11, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Dec 14, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 30, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 29, 2021Introduced in House
- Sep 29, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 170, September 29, 2021, page H5553.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-79 | COMMUNITIES IN NEED: LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL- BEING304 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Apr 5, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2689 | Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Aug 10, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure that children in foster care who are placed in a qualified residential treatment program are eligible for Medicaid.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
