40 Tex. Admin. Code § 700.802 - What is adoption assistance?
(a)
Adoption assistance is a program designed to facilitate the adoption of
children with special needs.
(b)
The three types of adoption assistance benefits that may be provided under the
program are:
(1) Medicaid health coverage for
the child;
(2) monthly payments to
assist in meeting the child's needs; and
(3) reimbursement of nonrecurring
expenses.
(c) If you
adopt a child with special needs from DFPS conservatorship and meet the other
eligibility criteria set forth in this division, you will be eligible to
receive all three types of adoption assistance benefits on behalf of your
child.
(d) If you adopt a child
with special needs who is not in the conservatorship of DFPS on the day
immediately preceding the date of adoption, and you reside in Texas, you may be
entitled to receive one or more of the three types of adoption assistance
benefits, depending upon whether some or all of the eligibility criteria for
receipt of Title IV-E adoption assistance benefits are satisfied, as described
in Division 2 of this subchapter (relating to Title IV-E Eligibility
Requirements) and as long as the criteria specified in subsection (b) of §
700.803 of this title (relating to
What are the eligibility criteria for receipt of adoption assistance for
children adopted from the conservatorship of DFPS?) are satisfied.
(e) If you adopt a child with special needs
who is not in the conservatorship of DFPS on the day immediately preceding the
day of adoption and you do not reside in Texas, DFPS is not responsible for
providing adoption assistance. You must contact the public child welfare agency
in the state where you reside to apply for adoption assistance benefits and
obtain additional information on the eligibility requirements that must be
satisfied to obtain adoption assistance in that state.
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