STATE OPTION OF MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR ADOLESCENTS LEAVING FOSTER CARE.

SEC. 121. STATE OPTION OF MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR ADOLESCENTS LEAVING FOSTER CARE. (a) In General.—Subject to subsection (c), title XIX of the Social Security Act, is amended— (1) in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii))— (A) by striking “or” at the end of subclause (XIII); (B) by adding “or” at the end of subclause (XIV); and (C) by adding at the end the following new subclause: “(XV) who are independent foster care adolescents (as defined in section 1905(v)(1)), or who are within any reasonable categories of such adolescents specified by the State;”; and (2) by adding at the end of section 1905 (42 U.S.C. 1396d) the following new subsection:113 STAT. 1830 “(v)(1) For purposes of this title, the term ‘independent foster care adolescent’ means an individual— “(A) who is under 21 years of age; “(B) who, on the individual’s 18th birthday, was in foster care under the responsibility of a State; and “(C) whose assets, resources, and income do not exceed such levels (if any) as the State may establish consistent with paragraph (2). “(2) The levels established by a State under paragraph (1)(C) may not be less than the corresponding levels applied by the State under section 1931(b). “(3) A State may limit the eligibility of independent foster care adolescents under section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV) to those individuals with respect to whom foster care maintenance payments or independent living services were furnished under a program funded under part E of title IV before the date the individuals attained 18 years of age.”. (b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) apply to medical assistance for items and services furnished on or after October 1, 1999. (c) Contingency in Enactment.—If the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 is enacted (whether before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act)— (1) the amendments made by that Act shall be executed as if this Act had been enacted after the enactment of such other Act; (2) with respect to subsection (a)(1)(A) of this section, any reference to subclause (XIII) is deemed a reference to subclause (XV); (3) with respect to subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section, any reference to subclause (XIV) is deemed a reference to subclause (XVI); (4) the subclause (XV) added by subsection (a)(1)(C) of this section— (A) is redesignated as subclause (XVII); and (B) is amended by striking “section 1905(v)(1)” and inserting “section 1905(w)(1)”; and (5) the subsection (v) added by subsection (a)(2) of this section— (A) is redesignated as subsection (w); and (B) is amended by striking “1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV)” and inserting “1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVII)”.