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under the applicable provisions of Title IV-E of the Social Security Act (see Part 30-00-1 of this Title). b. Children up to age twenty-one (21) who are Medicaid eligible as a result of receiving Supplementary Security Income (SSI). Individuals in the SSI eligible group under age twenty-one (21) who are enrolled in RIte Care managed care may continue enrollment in a RIte Care MCO when they turn twenty-one (21) years of age until such time as SSI eligibility is discontinued. c. Young adults aging out of foster care between the ages of eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26) who were born prior to January 1, 2005. Young adults who were in participating in foster care, kinship, and guardianship programs authorized by the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) on the date they turned eighteen (18) are eligible, without regard to income, for continued Medicaid coverage until the age of twenty-six (26) under the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999, as amended by the Affordable Care Act of 2010. Members of this population are only eligible in Rhode Island if they were residing in the State at the time they aged out of DCYF foster care. EPSDT services continue only up to age twenty-one (21) for members of this non-MAGI coverage group. d. Young adults aging out of foster care between the ages of eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26) who were born on or after January 1, 2005. Young adults who were participating in foster care, kinship, and guardianship programs in any state on the date they aged out of the foster care system of their state or Tribe within a state, including children who were cared for under the unaccompanied refugee minor program, without regard to income, for continued Medicaid coverage until the age of twenty-six (26) under the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, Pub. L. No. 115-271. Members of this population are only eligible in Rhode Island if they were enrolled in Medicaid and under the care of the foster care system of their state or Tribe within a state on the date that they aged out of such foster care system. Medicaid eligibility for youth qualifying for this coverage continues until the age of twenty-six (26) as long as the individual remains a resident of the State. EPSDT services continue only up to age twenty-one (21) for members of this non- MAGI coverage group. 2.6 Excluded Medicaid Coverage Groups A. There are MACC group beneficiaries who receive coverage on a fee-for-service basis rather than through a RIte Care plan, as follows: