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SECOND
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1432
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Passed
Legislature - 1997 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th
Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read first time 03/10/97.
Modifying
the adoption support reconsideration program.
AN
ACT Relating to modification of the adoption support reconsideration program;
and amending RCW 74.13.150.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
74.13.150 and 1990 c 285 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
The department of social and health services shall establish, within funds
appropriated for the purpose, a reconsideration program to provide medical and
counseling services through the adoption support program for children of
families who apply for services after the adoption is final. Families
requesting services through the program shall provide any information requested
by the department for the purpose of processing the family's application for
services.
(2)
A child meeting the eligibility criteria for registration with the program is
one who:
(a)
Was residing in a preadoptive placement funded by the department or in
foster care funded by the department immediately prior to the adoptive
placement;
(b)
Had a physical or mental handicap or emotional disturbance that existed and was
documented prior to the adoption or was at high risk of future physical or
mental handicap or emotional disturbance as a result of conditions exposed to
prior to the adoption; and
(c)
Resides in the state of Washington with an adoptive parent who lacks the
necessary financial means to care for the child's special need.
(3)
If a family is accepted for registration and meets the criteria in subsection
(2) of this section, the department may enter into an agreement for services.
Prior to entering into an agreement for services through the program, the
medical needs of the child must be reviewed and approved by the department(('s
office of personal health services)).
(4)
Any services provided pursuant to an agreement between a family and the
department shall be met from the department's medical program. Such services
shall be limited to:
(a)
Services provided after finalization of an agreement between a family and the
department pursuant to this section;
(b)
Services not covered by the family's insurance or other available assistance;
and
(c)
Services related to the eligible child's identified physical or mental handicap
or emotional disturbance that existed prior to the adoption.
(5)
Any payment by the department for services provided pursuant to an agreement
shall be made directly to the physician or provider of services according to
the department's established procedures.
(6) The total costs payable by the department for services provided
pursuant to an agreement shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars per child.
