SECTION 700.345. Eligibility for Foster Care Recipients Placed Out of State or Placed in Texas from Other States

(a) When a Title IV-E foster care assistance recipient is placed out of state, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) continues to make foster care maintenance payments; but the receiving state becomes responsible for the Medicaid benefits. DFPS furnishes the receiving state with Title IV-E eligibility information for payment of Medicaid benefits.

(b) When a state-paid or medical-assistance-only foster care recipient is placed out of state, DFPS continues to provide both Medicaid benefits and foster care maintenance payments, as applicable.

(c) When a Title IV-E foster care assistance recipient is placed in Texas from another state, the sending state continues to make Title IV-E foster care maintenance payments, but DFPS provides the Medicaid coverage. The sending state furnishes DFPS with Title IV-E eligibility information for payment of Medicaid benefits.

Source Note: The provisions of this §700.345 adopted to be effective May 1, 1989, 14 TexReg 1536; transferred effective September 1, 1992, as published in the Texas Register September 11, 1992, 17 TexReg 6279; amended to be effective September 1, 2007, 32 TexReg 5386