§ 6000.5. Medical assistance
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 62 P.S. Poor Persons and Public WelfareEffective: August 27, 2002
Effective: August 27, 2002
62 P.S. § 6000.5
§ 6000.5. Medical assistance
(a) Special needs.--A child with special needs who resides in this Commonwealth and who is the subject of an adoption assistance agreement with another state shall receive medical assistance from the Commonwealth upon the provision of a certified copy of the adoption assistance agreement with the other state to the department. The adoptive parents shall annually present evidence of the continuation or renewal of the agreement in accordance with procedures adopted by the department.
(c) Additional coverage.--The county agency shall provide reimbursement or payment for medical services and benefits specified in the adoption assistance agreement for a child living in another party state which are not available under the medical assistance program of the resident state under Title XIX of the Social Security Act (49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.).
(e) Continuation.--This section shall apply only to medical assistance for children under adoption assistance agreements from states that have entered into compacts with the Commonwealth. All other children entitled to medical assistance pursuant to adoption assistance agreements shall be eligible to receive it in accordance with the laws and procedures applicable thereto.
Credits
2002, June 28, P.L. 467, No. 76, § 5, effective in 60 days.
62 P.S. § 6000.5, PA ST 62 P.S. § 6000.5
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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