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Effective: December 1, 2006 |
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13.05.15ar1 - Adoption Assistance (Archive) |
Archived: April 1, 2008 |
This section covers state residence rules for MA for children who receive adoption assistance.
Note: Receipt of adoption assistance is not considered excluded time for determining county financial responsibility. See County Residence.
Title IV-E Adoption Assistance.
Title IV-E Adoption Assistance
The state in which the child currently resides is financially responsible for the child’s MA.
l Title IV-E adoption assistance children who move from Minnesota to another state become the new state's responsibility.
l Title IV-E adoption assistance children who move to Minnesota from another state become Minnesota's responsibility.
Under federal law, states have the option of accepting financial responsibility for state adoption assistance children who move from other states. Minnesota selected this option.
l Minnesota accepts financial responsibility for state adoption assistance children who move here from other states.
l State adoption assistance children who move from Minnesota to another state become the responsibility of the new state if that state has chosen the federal option.
If the new state does not accept financial responsibility, the child is Minnesota's responsibility and remains open on Minnesota MA.
Out-of-state providers must enroll in Minnesota’s MA program to receive payment for services given to Minnesota MA enrollees. Out-of-state services contains information on provider enrollment.