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BEM 117 2 of 6 DEPARTMENT WARDS, TITLE IV-E AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS BPB 2018-007 4-1-2018

BRIDGES ELIGIBILITY MANUAL STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

• Does not have a special needs adoption assistance agreement. Authorizing MA The local office children's services workers will open and maintain current MA for a department ward; see FOM 803, Medicaid Foster Care. Current MA eligibility begins with the first day of the month the court order was received by the agency. Applications are not required for department wards for current MA. Local office specialists are responsible for retro MA determinations. Applications are required for retro MA. TITLE IV-E FOSTER CARE Any child for whom FC maintenance payments are made under title IV-E of the Social Security Act is eligible for Group 1 MA. A title IV- E FC maintenance payment is ADC-FC. The child is eligible for Group 1 MA in the state where he is physically present even if the ADC-FC payments are made by another state. Authorizing MA Local office children's services workers will open and maintain cur- rent MA for children receiving title IV-E FC who are physically present in Michigan; see FOM 803. Applications are not required for children receiving title IV-E foster care for current MA. Specialists are responsible for retro MA determinations. Applications are required for retro MA. ADOPTION ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS There are federally-funded adoption agreements and state-funded adoption agreements. These arrangements are also called adoption support subsidy agreements. Federally-funded adoption agreements are agreements under title IV-E of the Social Security Act.

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BEM 117 2 of 6 DEPARTMENT WARDS, TITLE IV-E AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS BPB 2018-007 4-1-2018

BRIDGES ELIGIBILITY MANUAL STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

• Does not have a special needs adoption assistance agreement. Authorizing MA The local office children's services workers will open and maintain current MA for a department ward; see FOM 803, Medicaid Foster Care. Current MA eligibility begins with the first day of the month the court order was received by the agency. Applications are not required for department wards for current MA. Local office specialists are responsible for retro MA determinations. Applications are required for retro MA. TITLE IV-E FOSTER CARE Any child for whom FC maintenance payments are made under title IV-E of the Social Security Act is eligible for Group 1 MA. A title IV- E FC maintenance payment is ADC-FC. The child is eligible for Group 1 MA in the state where he is physically present even if the ADC-FC payments are made by another state. Authorizing MA Local office children's services workers will open and maintain cur- rent MA for children receiving title IV-E FC who are physically present in Michigan; see FOM 803. Applications are not required for children receiving title IV-E foster care for current MA. Specialists are responsible for retro MA determinations. Applications are required for retro MA. ADOPTION ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS There are federally-funded adoption agreements and state-funded adoption agreements. These arrangements are also called adoption support subsidy agreements. Federally-funded adoption agreements are agreements under title IV-E of the Social Security Act.