Indiana Administrative Code
Title 465 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES
Article 4 - INDIANA ADOPTION ASSISTANCE AND GUARDIANSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Rule 1 - Title IV-E Adoption Assistance and State Adoption Subsidies
Section 1-24 - Indiana adoption assistance program periodic payments and benefits; conditions
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 31-19-26.5-12; IC 31-25-2-18
Affected: IC 31-9-2-17.8; IC 31-19-26.5; IC 31-25-2-7
Sec. 24.
The forms of adoption assistance described in section 21 of this rule are subject to the following terms and conditions:
(1) The periodic payment amount under a Title IV-E adoption assistance agreement, or state adoption subsidy agreement, shall:
(2) The department may unilaterally, without consent of the adoptive parent or amendment of the agreement, institute an across-the-board reduction of the state adoption subsidy payment amount specified in the adoption assistance agreement, if:
The department will send to the adoptive parent, not less than thirty (30) days before the effective date of any reduction of the periodic payment amount under this subdivision, a notice stating the effective date and amount of the reduced periodic payment, the reasons for the reduction, and the estimated time and conditions for expiration of the reduction.
(3) If the child is determined to be eligible for Medicaid, Medicaid coverage for the adoptive child under an adoption assistance agreement will begin when a copy of the final decree of adoption and the signed adoption assistance agreement are submitted to the department.
(4) Medicaid benefits shall be provided in accordance with applicable provisions of 405 IAC.
(5) Nonrecurring adoption expenses payable to an adoptive parent pursuant to a signed NRAE agreement shall not exceed the amount allowable by state or federal law per eligible child for whom an adoption assistance agreement has been signed.
(6) A request for payment of nonrecurring adoption expenses pursuant to a signed NRAE agreement must be submitted to the department in the manner prescribed by the department no later than two (2) years after: