234.38 - FOSTER CARE REIMBURSEMENT RATES.

        234.38  FOSTER CARE REIMBURSEMENT RATES.
         The department of human services shall make reimbursement payments
      directly to foster parents for services provided to children pursuant
      to section 234.6, subsection 6, paragraph "b", or section 234.35.
      In any fiscal year, the reimbursement rate shall be based upon
      sixty-five percent of the United States department of agriculture
      estimate of the cost to raise a child in the calendar year
      immediately preceding the fiscal year.  The department may pay an
      additional stipend for a child with special needs.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C75, 77, 79, 81, § 234.38] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         90 Acts, ch 1270, § 44; 92 Acts, ch 1229, § 26; 92 Acts, ch 1247,
      § 46; 92 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 1004, § 4
         Referred to in § 234.35