,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bfhi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #aj1   
#bjba,mr4 ,burr 7for himself and ,mrs4  
,feinstein7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,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 ,medicaid4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,ensuring ,medicaid ,continuity for     
,children in ,foster ,care ,act of      
#bjba4  #b4 ,exemption of children in   
foster care who are placed in a         
qualified residential treatment program 
from the ,medicaid ,,imd exclusion  7a7 
,in general ,section #aije7;a77#ca77;,b7
 of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #acif;d7a77#ca77;,b77 is      
amended by inserting and services       
provided to any individual who is a     
child in foster care under the          

responsibility of a ,state who has been 
placed in a child care institution that 
is a qualified residential treatment    
program 7as defined in section          
#dgb7k77#d771 without regard to whether 
payments are made on behalf of such     
child under section #dgb after section  
#aiae7l74  7b7 ,effective date ,the     
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
take effect on ,october #a1 #bjba1 and  
shall apply with respect to items and   
services furnished in calendar quarters 
beginning on or after that date4