The following types of subsidies are available to adoptive families:
- (1) A maintenance subsidy is a monthly payment to the adoptive family to help meet the cost of the every day needs of the child. The maintenance subsidy is in effect until the child attains the age of 18, or until the child attains the age of 19 if the child is a full-time student in a secondary school;
- (2) A Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. ch 7, as amended to January 1, 2014), medical and surgical subsidy may be used for a preexisting physical or dental condition known at or before completion of legal adoption. The medical services may include physician services, hospital charges, drugs, or a prosthesis. Title XIX medical will pay only when there is no other insurance benefits available for the adopted child. Costs outside of Title XIX coverage shall be specifically spelled out in the subsidy agreement; and
- (3) A special nonmedical subsidy covers costs which are incidental to the care of the child and may include special or remedial training or education relating to the child's medical treatment or condition, psychological testing, psychiatric treatment, and special education relating to the child's emotional and intellectual problems known before completion of legal adoption; transportation expense for the child to obtain authorized medical services, special education services, and remedial psychological services; expense for a parent to take a child for medical treatment when the facility is remote from the location of the adoptive home; and training for the adoptive parents related to their providing special care or training for the child.
Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective July 1, 1981; 44 SDR 94, effective December 4, 2017.
General Authority: SDCL 28-1-64.
Law Implemented: SDCL 28-1-64.
Prior versions effective: 1981-07-01.