CMS Approves Minnesota’s Medicaid 1115 Demonstration Amendment, Expanding Eligibility For Former Foster Youth

On June 26, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved Minnesota’s request to amend its Minnesota Prepaid Medical Assistance Project Plus (PMAP+) section 1115 demonstration. Minnesota sought the amendment in support of a small group of former foster youth who turned 18 before December 31, 2022, who were not included by a provision of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities (SUPPORT) Act of 2018 that extended Medicaid eligibility to former foster youth who turned 18 after that date.

The SUPPORT Act expanded the Medicaid state plan eligibility . . .