| (a) Children and young adults in the following categories
are eligible to participate in the STAR Health program:
(1) a child in the conservatorship of the Department
of Family and Protective Services, if the state as conservator elects
to place the child in the STAR Health program;
(2) a young adult from age 18 through the month of
his or her 22nd birthday who voluntarily agrees to continue in foster
care placement, if the state as conservator elects to place the child
in the STAR Health program;
(3) a young adult from age 18 through the month of
his or her 21st birthday who is participating in the Medicaid for
Transitioning Foster Care Youth Program; and
(4) a young adult from age 21 through the month of
his or her 23rd birthday who is participating in the Former Foster
Care in Higher Education (FFCHE) Program.
(b) Although young adults participating in the FFCHE
Program are not Medicaid beneficiaries under Title XIX of the Social
Security Act, they receive the same covered services and benefits
as other eligible participants in the STAR Health program.
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