7 AAC 53.030 - Base rate and rate adjustments
(a) Subject to (b)
of this section, the department will pay a base rate for foster care for a
child placed by the department or a by tribal entity that has a tribal Title
IV-E pass-through maintenance agreement or a memorandum of agreement for state
placement in a tribe-licensed foster home with the department .
(b) The department will annually review its
daily base rates for the care and supervision of children in foster care. Not
less than every five years, or when the base rate deviates by 10 percent or
more from the previous rate implementation, the department will propose to the
legislature a change to the foster care base rates. A change in the base rate
becomes effective the state fiscal year following legislative approval. The
base rate for care and supervision will be applied to an individual child
foster care placement according to the following age ranges:
(1) starting at birth and younger than six
years of age;
(2) at least six
years of age and younger than 12 years of age;
(3) at least 12 years of age and younger than
21 years of age.
(c)
Repealed 3/31/2005.
(d) The
department will publish the in-state rate schedule, containing rates to be paid
under this section, before the state fiscal year to which they apply.
(e) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, if a
reduction in the base rate becomes necessary because appropriations are
insufficient, the number of children needing foster care increases, or
appropriations are withdrawn, reduced, or limited in any way for payment of
base rates under the formula described in (b) of this section, the department
will notify foster parents, in advance and in writing, of the amount of the
reduction.
Notes
Authority:AS 44.30.020
AS 47.06.010
AS 47.10.080
AS 47.10.970
AS 47.14.010
AS 47.14.120
AS 47.32.030
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