House Bill 305 Summary

• Amends Section 43-13-115 of the Mississippi Code to expand Medicaid eligibility for children in foster care under state Department of Human Services custody and financial responsibility.

• Children under eighteen years old in foster care are now eligible for Medicaid, matching the existing eligibility for those eighteen years and older.

• Creates paragraph (23) establishing that foster children certified by the Mississippi Department of Human Services shall receive Medicaid coverage until their twenty-first birthday.

• Effective date: July 1, 2014.