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This bill, the Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act, aims to ensure health insurance coverage continuity for former foster youth. The key provisions are: 1. Amending the Social Security Act to clarify that former foster youth are eligible for Medicaid coverage up to age 26, regardless of whether they are enrolled in or described in other Medicaid eligibility categories. 2. Requiring states to establish an outreach and enrollment program, in coordination with the state agency responsible for the foster care program and other relevant agencies, to increase enrollment of eligible former foster youth in Medicaid by January 1, 2019. This bill is intended to address the gap in health coverage that can occur when foster youth age out of the system, by extending their Medicaid eligibility to age 26 and requiring targeted outreach efforts to enroll them.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1797/all-info