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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 388. Social and Health Services, Department of |
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Chapter 388-27. Child welfare services—Adoption services and adoption support. |
Section 388-27-0130. What definitions apply to the adoption support program?
Latest version.
- The following definitions apply to this chapter:"Adoption" means the granting of an adoption decree consistent with chapter 26.33 RCW."Adoption support agreement" means a written contract between the adoptive parent(s) and the department that identifies the specific support available to the adoptive parent(s) and other terms and conditions of the agreement."Adoption support cash payment" means negotiated monthly cash payments paid pursuant to an agreement between the adoptive parent(s) and the department after the child's adoption."Applicant" means a person or couple applying for adoption support on behalf of a child the person or couple plans to adopt."Child placing agency" means a private nonprofit agency licensed by the department under chapter 74.15 RCW to place children for adoption or foster care."Department" means the department of social and health services."Extenuating circumstances" means a finding by an administrative law judge or a review judge that one or more certain qualifying conditions or events prevented an otherwise eligible child from being placed on the adoption support program prior to adoption."Medical services" means services covered by medicaid (and administered by the medical assistance administration) unless defined differently in the adoption support agreement."Negotiation" means the process of working toward an agreement between the department and the adoptive parent on the terms of the adoption support agreement, including any amount of monthly cash payment."Nonrecurring costs" means reasonable, necessary, and directly related adoption fees, court costs, attorney fees, and other expenses the adoptive parent incurs when finalizing the adoption of a special needs child. Total reimbursement from the department may not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars."Placing agency" means the agency that has the legal authority to place the child for adoption. This may be the department or a private nonprofit child placing agency."Program" means the department's adoption support program."Reconsideration" means the limited state-funded support available to an eligible child whose adoption was finalized without a valid adoption support agreement in place."Resident state" (for purposes of the child's medicaid eligibility) means the state in which the child physically resides. In some cases this may be different from the state of the parent's legal residence."Special needs" means the specific factors or conditions that apply to the child and that may prevent the child from being adopted unless the department provides adoption support services. See WAC 388-27-0140 for a detailed description of the factors or conditions.
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388-27-0140,