| (a) To the extent funds are available, DFPS may provide
special needs foster child day care services for authorized purposes
to a foster parent if the child:
(1) meets all eligibility requirements in §700.332
of this title (relating to Eligibility for Foster Care Day Care Services);
(2) is placed in a foster family or foster group home;
(3) has a billing service level of Basic or receives
an approved waiver of the required basic service level through the
regional day care coordinator;
(4) is age 5 or younger;
(5) has been diagnosed by a professional as having
a developmental delay, which is documented in the case record, in
at least one of the following areas: physical, social, emotional,
cognitive or language development; and
(6) has a service plan that specifies:
(A) the need for therapeutic or habilitative child
day care; and
(B) how therapeutic child day care will meet specific
needs related to the child's developmental delays that cannot be met
by the foster parents.
(b) DFPS pays for special needs foster child day care
only in licensed child-care centers and registered child-care homes
that are contracted through the local child care management service
agency, provide services beyond basic supervision, and are certified
to provide care for children with special needs.
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