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S. 1357

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Family-Based Care Services Act
About This Bill
Committee
Latest Action · June 14, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Congress
115th (2017–2019)
Introduced
June 14, 2017
Cosponsors (9)
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Family-Based Care Services Act This bill establishes a definition, under Medicaid, for "qualified therapeutic family care services." Specifically, such services are those provided for children younger than age 21 who need institution-level care but can instead be cared for in a community placement through a licensed and accredited program that: (1) provides children with certain structured daily activities, and (2) provides parents and caregivers with specialized training and consultation.

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