2006 Indiana Code - CHAPTER 3. MEDICAL PASSPORT PROGRAM FOR CHILD RECEIVING FOSTER CARE

IC 31-28-3
     Chapter 3. Medical Passport Program for Child Receiving Foster Care

IC 31-28-3-1
Application
    31-28-3-1 Sec. 1. This chapter applies to children who receive foster care that is funded by the department or a county office.
As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.274.

IC 31-28-3-2
Medical passport program
    31-28-3-2 Sec. 2. The department shall establish a medical passport program for children who receive foster care. Under the program, the department shall do the following:
        (1) Maintain a record of medical care provided to a foster child.
        (2) Facilitate a provider in providing appropriate care to a foster child.
        (3) Allow foster parents to authorize routine and emergency medical care to a foster child.
        (4) Provide forms for a provider to submit to the county office under IC 31-28-2.
As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.274.

IC 31-28-3-3
Issuance and maintenance of passport
    31-28-3-3 Sec. 3. (a) The county office shall issue the medical passport to a foster child when the child is placed in foster care. The passport must remain with the child until the child is:
        (1) returned to the natural parents;
        (2) adopted; or
        (3) placed in another permanent plan.
    (b) When a child is placed under subsection (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(3), the medical passport shall be returned to the county office that issued the passport.
As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.274.

IC 31-28-3-4
Administrative rules
    31-28-3-4 Sec. 4. The director of the department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to carry out this chapter.
As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.274.