(a) The permanency care assistance program provides
the following benefits to certain individuals who assume permanent
managing conservatorship of a child who was previously in the temporary
or permanent managing conservatorship of DFPS, provided that all of
the eligibility criteria in this division are satisfied:
(1) monthly cash assistance benefits through the last
day of the month of the child's 18th birthday;
(2) Medicaid coverage on behalf of the child; and
(3) a one-time reimbursement of nonrecurring expenses
relating to the legal process of becoming the permanent managing conservator
of the child, not to exceed $1,200 per child.
(b) Extended permanency care assistance is also available
for eligible individuals on behalf of certain children over the age
of 18 years, as provided under §700.1053 of this title (relating
to Who is eligible for extended permanency care assistance?).
(c) The permanency care assistance program is effective
September 1, 2010, and applies only to persons who enter into a permanency
care agreement on or after the effective date of the program.
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