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H.R. 835 (114th)

Family-Based Foster Care Services Act of 2015

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Introduced

10 February 2015

Last action

13 February 2015 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4], Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37], Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1], Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2], Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1], Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9], Sen. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7], Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. Ashford, Brad [D-NE-2], Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4], Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20], Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13], Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33], Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3], Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29], Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

12 August 2025

Healthcare

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Summary

Family-Based Foster Care Services Act of 2015 Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend medical assistance coverage to therapeutic foster care services. Requires a qualified therapeutic foster care program to be state-licensed and provide: foster care children under 21 with structured daily activities, including the development of age-appropriate social, communication and behavioral skills, trauma-informed and gender-responsive services, crisis intervention and crisis support services, medication monitoring, counseling, and case management; and biological parents, kinship caregivers, and foster care parents with specialized training and consultation in the management of children with mental illness, trauma, other emotional or behavioral disorders, medically fragile conditions, or developmental disabilities, the impact of trauma on child and caregiver, and specific additional training on the needs of each child provided such services.

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Timeline

  1. 10 February 2015

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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  2. 10 February 2015

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 10 February 2015

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 13 February 2015

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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