2010 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 400 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Act 280 of 1939 - THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACT (400.1 - 400.122)
280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES (400.45...400.122)
Section 400.115i - Adoption assistance agreement; medical subsidy agreement; copies; modification or discontinuance; legal status, rights, and responsibilities not affected; report.

THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 280 of 1939

400.115i Adoption assistance agreement; medical subsidy agreement; copies; modification or discontinuance; legal status, rights, and responsibilities not affected; report.

Sec. 115i.

(1) If adoption assistance is to be paid, the department and the adoptive parent or parents shall enter into an adoption assistance agreement covering all of the following:

(a) The duration of the adoption assistance to be paid.

(b) The amount to be paid and, if appropriate, eligibility for medical assistance.

(c) Conditions for continued payment of the adoption assistance as established by statute.

(d) Any services and other assistance to be provided under the adoption assistance agreement.

(e) Provisions to protect the interests of the child in cases in which the adoptive parent or adoptive parents move to another state while the adoption assistance agreement is in effect.

(2) If medical subsidy eligibility is certified, the department and the adoptive parent shall enter into a medical subsidy agreement covering all of the following:

(a) Identification of the physical, mental, or emotional condition covered by the medical subsidy.

(b) The duration of the medical subsidy agreement.

(c) Conditions for continued eligibility for the medical subsidy as established by statute.

(3) The department shall give a copy of the adoption assistance agreement or medical subsidy agreement, or both, to the adoptive parent or parents.

(4) Unless the medical condition of the adoptee no longer exists, or an event described in section 115j has occurred, as indicated in a report filed under subsection (6) or as otherwise determined by the department, the department shall not modify or discontinue a medical subsidy.

(5) An adoption assistance agreement or medical subsidy agreement does not affect the legal status of the adoptee or the legal rights and responsibilities of the adoptive parent or parents.

(6) The adoptive parent or parents shall file a report with the department at least once each year as to the location of the adoptee and other matters relating to the continuing eligibility of the adoptee for adoption assistance or a medical subsidy, or both.

History: Add. 1994, Act 238, Eff. July 5, 1994 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 648, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 2009
Popular Name: Act 280