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Texas Family Code - Section 162.304. Financial And Medical Assistance

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§ 162.304. FINANCIAL AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.  (a) The 
department shall enter into adoption assistance agreements with the 
adoptive parents of a child as authorized by Part E of Title IV of 
the federal Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 
673).
	(b)  The adoption of a child may be subsidized by the 
department.  The need for and amount of the subsidy shall be 
determined by the department under its rules.
	(c)  In addition to the subsidy under Subsection (b), the 
department may subsidize the cost of medical care for a child.  The 
department shall determine the amount and need for the subsidy.
	(d)  The county may pay a subsidy under Subsection (b) or (c) 
if the county is responsible for the child's foster care at the time 
of the child's adoptive placement.
	(e)  If the child is receiving supplemental security income 
from the federal government, the state may pay the subsidy 
regardless of whether the state is the managing conservator for the 
child.
	(f)  Subject to the availability of funds, the department 
shall work with the Health and Human Services Commission and the 
federal government to develop a program to provide medical 
assistance under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, to children who 
were in the conservatorship of the department at the time of 
adoptive placement and need medical or rehabilitative care but do 
not qualify for adoption assistance.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 412, § 4, eff. Aug. 28, 
1995;  Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 268, § 1.09, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.

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