Foster Care and Related Groups 510-05-55

 

Foster Care 510-05-55-05

(Revised 4/1/11 ML #3263)

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For Medicaid purposes, a child is not considered to be in foster care unless all the following requirements are met:  

  1. There is a current foster care court order;

 

  1. A public agency has care, custody, and control of the child;

 

  1. The child is residing in an approved licensed foster care home or facility (a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) is not a licensed foster care facility); and

 

  1. The child is a foster care child in the state foster care system through the state's Children and Family Services unit, or a Tribal 638 Foster Care child.