Published On: February 1, 2023
Categories Access to care, Child Welfare, Foster care, Health, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Public Benefits/Funding
This resource alert provides an update related to older foster youth access to Medicaid. The Affordable Care Act provided Medicaid eligibility for former foster youth until age 26 if they were in foster care at age 18 or older and were enrolled in Medicaid at that time. When it was enacted, the law did not require states to provide this coverage to youth who were not in foster care in their state. The SUPPORT Act (“Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act”) fixes this gap for young people who turn age 18 on January 1, 2023 or after.
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