S 2077 · in committee · significant
Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act
- healthcare
What this bill does
- This bill expands Medicaid coverage for former foster youth to age 26, including those who left care before age 18.
- Former foster youth placed with kinship caregivers or emancipated early gain new eligibility for health coverage.
- States must create outreach and enrollment programs to connect former foster youth with Medicaid benefits.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would extending Medicaid to age 26 for former foster youth affect state budgets compared to the current age cutoff?
- 02
What barriers prevent former foster youth from enrolling in existing Medicaid programs, and would outreach alone address them?
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Which former foster youth would benefit most from this expansion—those in kinship care, those emancipated early, or both equally?
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Sponsor · D-VT
Peter Welch
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In Congress
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Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-06-12
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Legislative timeline
2025-06-12 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2025-06-12 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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