237.14 - ENHANCED FOSTER CARE SERVICES.
237.14 ENHANCED FOSTER CARE SERVICES.
The department shall provide for enhanced foster care services by
establishing supplemental per diem or performance- based contracts
which include payment of costs relating to payments of principal and
interest for bonds and notes issued pursuant to section 16.155 with
facilities licensed under this chapter which provide special services
to children who would otherwise be placed in a state juvenile
institution or an out-of-state program. Before completion of the
department's budget estimate as required by section 8.23, the
department shall determine and include in the estimate the amount
which should be appropriated for enhanced foster care services for
the forthcoming fiscal year in order to provide sufficient services.
Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1239, §14