,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hjie  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bf1 #bjbf,mr4
 ,bilirakis 7for himself and ,ms4       
,brownley7 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 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     
#bjbf4  #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;a7 of the   
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acif;d7a77 is amended4 in the matter   
designated as subdivision 7,b7 following
 the last numbered paragraph of such    
section1 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  
apply with respect to items and services
 furnished in calendar quarters         
beginning on or after ,october #a1      
#bjbf4