Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 1620 - ADOPTION ASSISTANCE AND REIMBURSEMENT OF NONRECURRING ADOPTION EXPENSES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Section 17-1620-17 - Eligibility for adoption assistance outside the state

(a) Adoption subsidy payments shall continue if the adoptive family and child move out of the state while the adoption assistance agreement is in effect.

(b) For children with state funded adoption assistance agreements in effect, the state shall continue to retain financial responsibility for medical care under Title XIX or the state medical program for children receiving state funded adoption assistance.

(c) Children with federally funded adoption assistance agreements in effect are eligible for medical care benefits under the Title XIX Medicaid program of the state in which they reside.

(d) The adoptive family may apply for services under Title XX of the Social Security Act in the new state of residence. Social services as provided under Title XX may be available to the child in accordance with the procedures of the state in which the child resides.

(e) The terms of the agreement shall remain in effect regardless of the state in which the adoptive family lives at any given time.

(f) For agreements entered into on or after October 1, 1983, if a needed service specified in the agreement is not offered by the new state of residence, the state making the original adoption assistance payment remains financially responsible for providing the specified service(s).