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 §700.330	Billing and Payment for Foster Care Assistance

(a) The Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) will offset the costs of foster care assistance by utilizing any resources available to the child in excess of applicable resource limits and any sources of a child's income that are designated for the child's maintenance and support. Such sources of income include but are not limited to: Supplemental Security Income (SSI); Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (RSDI); Veterans Administration (VA) benefits; any other dependent or survivor's income; funds resulting from the child's Indian heritage; or other income from private sources designated for the child's support and maintenance. However, income earned by the foster child as a result of the child's employment while under the placement and care responsibility of DFPS cannot be used to pay for the child's care.

(b) DFPS foster care billing staff use the IMPACT System to pay foster care assistance.

(c) If a county pays for foster care for the care of a child who is ineligible for state-provided foster care assistance or if a child's funds are used, the rate must be the same rate as DFPS pays.

Source Note: The provisions of this §700.330 adopted to be effective October 31, 1984, 9 TexReg 5431; 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 March 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 1416; amended to be effective September 1, 2007, 32 TexReg 5386; amended to be effective February 12, 2012, 37 TexReg 711