§ 10A-1-7-114. Foster parent eligibility assessment – Completion and costs - Reimbursement.

A.  The Department of Human Services and the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall be responsible for the completion of and costs of the foster parent eligibility assessment and any national criminal history records search based upon submission of fingerprints, preparation of a treatment and service plan, and a medical examination only for the children placed in the custody of the state agency.  The state agency may provide for reimbursement of such expenses, costs, and charges so incurred pursuant to the Oklahoma Children’s Code or the Oklahoma Juvenile Code, as applicable.

B.  No child shall be eligible for any reimbursement through the state Medicaid program for placement in therapeutic foster care unless such placement has been reviewed and approved pursuant to rules regarding medical necessity for therapeutic foster care placement promulgated by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board.

Added by Laws 2009, c. 233, § 135, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.