| (a) The Texas Health and Human Services Commission
(HHSC) provides medical assistance for a reasonable category of former
foster care youth under the age of 21, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. §1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(I)
and 42 C.F.R. §435.222, who had been placed inside or outside
of Texas under the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
(ICPC).
(b) To be eligible for Medicaid under this subchapter,
an applicant must:
(1) be in foster care and in a placement under ICPC
in accordance with Texas Family Code §162.102 when he or she
leaves conservatorship of a State;
(2) be 18 - 20 years of age (coverage continues through
the month of his or her 21st birthday); and
(3) not be covered by a health benefits plan offering
adequate benefits, as HHSC defines adequate benefits.
(c) Medicaid under this subchapter is subject to the
same requirements as set forth in Subchapter J of this chapter (relating
to Former Foster Care Children's Program), except for §366.1011
of that subchapter (relating to Eligible Group).
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