,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjei  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #c1 #bjai,ms4  
,bass introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend title ,,xix of the ,social        
,security ,act and the ,,support for    
,patients and ,communities ,act to      
ensure health insurance coverage        
continuity for former foster youth4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,expanded ,coverage for ,former    
,foster ,youth ,act4  #b4 ,coverage     
continuity for former foster care       
children up to age #bf  7a7 ,in general 
,section #ajjb7;a77#a77;,b7 of the      
,,support for ,patients and ,communities
 ,act 7,public ,law #aae-bga7 is amended
 by striking all that follows after item
 7cc71 and inserting the following3 by  
striking responsibility of the ,state   
and all that follows through            
#dge7h77;,b77iii72 and and inserting    
responsibility of a ,state on the date  

of attaining #ah years of age 7or such  
higher age as such ,state has elected   
under section #dge7h77;,b77iii771 or who
 were in such care at any age but       
subsequently left such care to enter    
into a legal guardianship with a kinship
 caregiver 7without regard to whether   
kinship guardianship payments are being 
made on behalf of the child under this  
part7 or were emancipated from such care
 prior to attaining age #ah24  7b7      
,amendments to ,social ,security ,act   
7#a7 ,in general ,section               
#aijb7;a77#aj77;,a77i77,,ix7 of the     
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acif;a7a77#aj77;,a77i77,,ix771 as      
amended by section #ajjb7;a7 of the     
,,support for ,patients and ,communities
 ,act 7,public ,law #aae-bga71 is       
amended--  7,a7 in item 7bb71 by        
striking the semicolon at the end and   
inserting 2 and2 and  7,b7 by striking  
item 7dd74  7#b7 ,effective date ,the   
amendments made by this subsection shall
 take effect on ,january #a1 #bjbc4  #c4

 ,outreach efforts for enrollment of    
former foster children ,section         
#aijb7;a7 of the ,social ,security ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7a77 is amended-- 
7#a7 in paragraph 7#he71 by striking 2  
and and inserting a semicolon2  7#b7 in 
paragraph 7#hf71 by striking the period 
at the end and inserting 2 and2 and     
7#c7 by inserting after paragraph 7#hf7 
the following new paragraph3  7#hg7 not 
later than ,january #a1 #bjbj1 establish
 an outreach and enrollment program1 in 
coordination with the ,state agency     
responsible for administering the ,state
 plan under part ,e of title ,,iv and   
any other appropriate or interested     
agencies1 designed to increase the      
enrollment of individuals who are       
eligible for medical assistance under   
the ,state plan under paragraph         
7#aj77;,a77i77,,ix7 in accordance with  
best practices established by the       
,secretary4  4