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TITLE 40SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
PART 19DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
CHAPTER 700CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER CELIGIBILITY FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
RULE §700.345Eligibility 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

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