(1) A juvenile will be eligible for residential alcohol and drug treatment payments if he meets the following eligibility criteria:
- (a) The juvenile has been adjudicated as a youth in need of care pursuant to Title 41, chapter 3, MCA, a youth in need of supervision or a delinquent youth pursuant to Title 41, chapter 5, MCA, or has admitted acts sufficient to adjudicate him a youth in need of supervison or a delinquent youth through the consent adjustment process pursuant to Title 41, chapter 5, part 4, MCA; and
- (b) The juvenile and his family are determined to be indigent by the department pursuant to the criteria set forth in ARM 37.25.107; and
- (c) The juvenile is in need of residential alcohol and drug treatment and has been evaluated by a chemical dependency counselor certified by the department of corrections who has recommended residential treatment for the juvenile; and
- (d) The juvenile will be treated in a residential alcohol and drug treatment facility approved by the department of corrections or licensed by the department of public health and human services.
- (2) Residential alcohol and drug treatment benefits provided under this rule are available only to those eligible juveniles who have not received such benefits previously.
Authorizing statute(s): Sec. 41-3-1103, MCA
Implementing statute(s): Sec. 41-3-1103, MCA
History: NEW, 1985 MAR p. 1251, Eff. 8/30/85; TRANS, from Dept. of SRS, 1987 MAR p. 1492, Eff. 7/1/87; AMD, 1988 MAR p. 1891, Eff. 8/26/88; TRANS, from DFS, 1997 MAR p. 2295.