Section 400.115j - Adoption assistance; medical subsidy; duration.
THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 280 of 1939
400.115j Adoption assistance; medical subsidy; duration.
Sec. 115j.
(1) Adoption assistance or a medical subsidy, or both, shall continue until 1 of the following occurs:
(a) The adoptee becomes 18 years of age.
(b) The adoptee is emancipated.
(c) The adoptee dies.
(d) The adoption is terminated.
(e) A determination of ineligibility is made by the department.
(2) If sufficient funds are appropriated by the legislature in the department's annual budget, adoption support subsidy agreements or adoption medical subsidy agreements, or both, may be extended through state funding for an adoptee under 21 years of age if all of the following criteria are met:
(a) The adoptee has not completed high school or a GED program.
(b) The adoptee is regularly attending high school or a GED program or a program for children with disabilities on a full-time basis and is progressing toward achieving a high school diploma, certificate of completion, or GED.
(c) The adoptee is not eligible for supplemental security income.
(3) Adoption support subsidy agreements may be extended through title IV-E funding for an eligible adoptee up to the age of 19 years if the state determines that the child has a mental or physical disability that warrants continuation of adoption assistance.
(4) Adoption assistance and a medical subsidy shall continue even if the adoptive parent leaves the state.
(5) An adoption support subsidy shall continue during a period in which the adoptee is removed for delinquency from his or her home as a temporary court ward based on proceedings under section 2(a) of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.2.
(6) Upon the death of the adoptive parent, the department shall continue making support subsidy payments or continue medical subsidy eligibility, or both, through state funding to the guardian of the adoptee if a guardian is appointed as provided in section 5202 or 5204 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.5202 and 700.5204.
History: Add. 1994, Act 238, Eff. July 5, 1994 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 61, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 648, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 2009
Popular Name: Act 280