The sending party will:

1. (1)

   1. (A) Provide proper notice of the intent to place using the ICPC-100A: ICPC Request and receive authorization from the receiving state prior to the placement.
   2. (B) The 100A must clearly indicate the Division of Children and Family Services is the sending party;
2. (2) Document in the case file and ICPC packet that potential out-of-state relative placements were offered the option of becoming a paid foster home;

3. (3)

   1. (A) Work with the receiving parties to arrange the placement details (e.g., childcare payment, type of monitoring, frequency of supervisory reports, and transportation) after approval is given.
   2. (B) The sending state shall not recommend that custody be given to the placement resource without completion of at least six (6) months of supervision and concurrence of the receiving state.
   3. (C) Failure to comply with these requirements violates the terms under which the receiving state originally gave placement approval.
   4. (D) This could result in the child and placement resource being without essential medical coverage and a request for the child to be returned to the sending state;

4. (4)

   1. (A) Provide additional information when requested by the receiving state to ensure the placement is not “contrary to the interests of the child”.
   2. (B) Any such report from another state, Indian tribe, or private agency under contract with the receiving state, shall meet all requirements imposed by the sending state for the completion of the home study before placing the child in the home.
   3. (C) This will be done unless, within fourteen (14) days after receipt of the report, the sending state determines based on specific grounds in the report that making a decision based on the report would be contrary to the welfare of the child;
5. (5) Notify the receiving state of the placement date and any change in the child’s status by using the ICPC-100B: Report on Child’s Placement Status;
6. (6) Retain jurisdiction over the child sufficient to determine all matters of custody, supervision, care, and disposition of the child until the child is adopted, reaches majority, becomes self-supporting, or is discharged with concurrence of the appropriate authority in the receiving state;

7. (7)

   1. (A) Retain planning and financial responsibility for the duration of the placement and indicate this responsibility on the ICPC-100A.
   2. (B) The one (1) exception comes under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA), Pub. L. No. 99-272, requiring that children under Title IV-E adoption assistance agreements and those receiving Title IV-E foster care payments will be granted Medicaid coverage in their current resident state.
   3. (C) See Medical Services Manual, Section 6600 to 6673; and
8. (8) Return the child to the sending state at the request of the receiving state.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "09/2011"