Ohio Administrative Code
Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services
Chapter 5101:2-47 - Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance
Section 5101:2-47-08 - Required application/update for Title IV-D (child support) services and referrals to Title IV-A (public assistance); healthchek; third party insurance; and supplemental securityincome (SSI)
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 5101:2-47-08
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) The Title IV-E agency as defined in rule 5101:2-1-01 of the Administrative Code is to:
(1)
Send an application, for all children, to the Title
IV-D agency for child support utilizing the statewide automated child welfare
system (SACWIS) within sixty days of legal responsibility for care and
placement/custody, except where parental rights have been terminated by court
order or permanent surrender.
(2)
Send any court
orders and other verifications available to the Title IV-D agency as defined in
rule 5101:12-1-01 of the
Administrative Code in the county in which the child was removed, when the
Title IV-E agency obtains legal responsibility for care and placement/custody
of the child.
(3)
Send any court orders upon verification of any changes
in the circumstances of the child or parent(s).
(4)
Determine good
cause circumstances where it is in the best interest of the child to suppress
an application to establish an order for support to the Title IV-D agency. Good
cause circumstances are to be documented in (SACWIS) and include but not
limited to the following:
(a)
The parent(s) would be unable to comply with the
permanency plan of reunification due to the financial hardship caused by paying
child support.
(b)
The child is expected to be in foster care for less
than sixty days.
(c)
The noncustodial parent is a potential placement
resource.
(d)
The parent(s) are deceased.
(e)
Other appropriate
circumstances determined by the Title IV-E agency.
(B) The Title IV-E agency in receipt of child support payments on behalf of a child in care and placement/custody is to use the Title IV-D payment to support the child's cost of care. Any excess Title IV-D payments at the end of the child's care and placement/ custody episode is to follow the child.
(C) The Title IV-E agency is to:
(1)
Launch the interface electronic notification through
SACWIS to the county Title IV-A agency within ten days of a child entering
legal responsibility.
(2)
Capture and exchange information pertinent to IV-E
eligibility that may be in existing Title IV-A records from the client registry
information system enhanced (CRIS-E)/Ohio integrated eligibility system
(OIES)/Ohio benefits (OB), whichever is applicable.
(3)
Transfer any
selected demographic information that SACWIS receives from the county Title
IV-A agency to determine Title IV-E eligibility.
(D) The Title IV-E agency is responsible for completing the ODM 03528 "Healthchek and Pregnancy related services information sheet" for each FCM eligible child pursuant to rule 5101:2-42-66.1 of the Administrative Code.
(E) The Title IV-E agency is to:
(1)
Attempt to
determine if the parent(s), guardian, or custodian has health care insurance
coverage available to every FCM eligible child. If such insurance coverage is
available, the Title IV-E agency is to complete the ODM 06612 "Health Insurance
Information Sheet."
(2)
Complete the ODM 06613 "Accident/Injury Insurance
Information" for every FCM eligible child who is involved in an accident where
there may be third party liability.
(3)
Prior to
termination of the legal responsibility for care and placement/custody of the
child, complete in SACWIS the pre-termination review (PTR) of continuing
Medicaid coverage, ODM 1958 "Referral for Medicaid Continuing Eligibility
Review" pursuant to Chapters 5160:1-2 and 5101:6-7 of the Administrative
Code.
(4)
Consider making an application to the regional office
of the social security administration (SSA) for supplemental security income
(SSI) benefits for every child. The Title IV-E agency may receive FCM
reimbursement and SSI benefits concurrently pursuant to rule
5101:2-47-12 of the
Administrative Code.
Replaces: 5101:2-47-08
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