2016 Indiana Code TITLE 31. FAMILY LAW AND JUVENILE LAW ARTICLE 28. CHILD SERVICES: FOSTER CARE AND PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN CHAPTER 3. MEDICAL PASSPORT PROGRAM FOR CHILD RECEIVING FOSTER CARE
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IC 31-28-3
Chapter 3. Medical Passport Program for Child Receiving
Foster Care
IC 31-28-3-1
Application
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to children who receive foster care
that is funded by the department.
As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.274. Amended by P.L.128-2012,
SEC.148.
IC 31-28-3-2
Medical passport program
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 local office
under IC 31-28-2.
As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.274. Amended by P.L.128-2012,
SEC.149.
IC 31-28-3-3
Issuance and maintenance of passport
Sec. 3. (a) The local 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:
(1) the child is returned to the natural parents;
(2) the child is adopted; or
(3) a legal guardian is appointed for the child.
(b) When a child is placed under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) or a
legal guardian is appointed for a child under subsection (a)(3), the
medical passport shall be returned to the local office that issued the
passport.
(c) The local office shall provide the medical passport to the child
or the child's legal guardian after the child in need of services case
or collaborative care case is closed.
As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.274. Amended by P.L.128-2012,
SEC.150; P.L.104-2015, SEC.26.
IC 31-28-3-4
Administrative rules
Sec. 4. The director of the department shall adopt rules under
IC 4-22-2 necessary to carry out this chapter.
Indiana Code 2016
As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.274.
Indiana Code 2016
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