Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 40	SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
PART 19	DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
CHAPTER 700	CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER C	ELIGIBILITY FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
RULE §700.315	Foster Care Assistance

(a) There are three types of foster care assistance provided to eligible children:

(1) Title IV-E foster care assistance;

(2) State-paid foster care assistance; and

(3) Medical Assistance Only (MAO).

(b) The Title IV-E foster care assistance program provides foster care maintenance payments and Medicaid coverage to children who meet the requirements contained in §700.316 of this title (relating to General Eligibility Requirements for Foster Care Assistance) and who meet all eligibility requirements for payment of Title IV-E foster care maintenance payments under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act.

(c) The state-paid foster care assistance program provides foster care maintenance payments and Medicaid coverage to children who meet the requirements contained in §700.316 of this title but are not eligible for Title IV-E foster care assistance.

(d) MAO provides Medicaid benefits to children who meet the requirements contained in §700.316(b) of this title but are not otherwise eligible for Title IV-E or state-paid foster care assistance.

(e) Other financial resources to which a child is entitled must be used before any type of foster care assistance is used to pay for the cost of a child's foster care, as provided in §700.330 of this title (relating to Billing and Payment for Foster Care Assistance).

Source Note: The provisions of this §700.315 adopted to be effective October 31, 1984, 9 TexReg 5431; amended to be effective October 1, 1986, 12 TexReg 1030; amended 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 January 1, 1998, 22 TexReg 12547; amended to be effective September 1, 2007, 32 TexReg 5386; amended to be effective February 12, 2012, 37 TexReg 711