Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-201.3 - Conditions of eligibility or ineligibility
(1) The child is
eligible for subsidy when the department or a private agency has documented
that it has been unable to place the child in an appropriate adoptive home
without a subsidy and the child is determined to be a child with special needs
based on one or more of the following reasons:
a. The child has a medically diagnosed
disability, as determined by a physician , an advanced registered nurse
practitioner or a physician assistant, that substantially limits one or more
major life activities, requires ongoing professional treatment, impacts the
child 's ability to perform daily living skills, and is expected to last 12
months or longer.
b. The child has
been determined by a qualified intellectual disability professional to be
intellectually disabled.
c. The
child has been determined by a qualified professional to be at high risk of
developing a qualifying medical, mental, or emotional condition as defined in
this subrule. A child in this group is eligible for subsidy of nonrecurring
expenses only.
d. The child has
been diagnosed by a qualified mental health professional to have a psychiatric
condition that impairs the child 's mental, intellectual, or social functioning
and for which the child requires ongoing professional services.
e. The child has been diagnosed by a
qualified mental health professional to have a behavioral or emotional disorder
characterized by situationally inappropriate behavior that deviates
substantially from behavior appropriate to the child 's age or significantly
interferes with the child 's intellectual, social and personal adjustment and
that requires ongoing treatment.
f.
The child is aged five or older.
g.
The child is a member of a sibling group of three or more children who are
placed in the same adoptive home.
(2) A child who enters the United States from
another country on the basis of a visa classifying the child as an orphan, in
accordance with the Immigration and Naturalization Act as amended to December
31, 2023, for the purpose of adoption by a specific United States family is not
eligible for subsidized adoption maintenance payments, medical assistance, or
special services, except for nonrecurring expenses .
(3) Adverse eligibility determinations by the
department may be appealed according to rules in 441-Chapter 7.
(4) The department shall review the subsidy
agreement when the child reaches the age of 171/2 to determine whether the
child is eligible to receive subsidy to the age of 21 due to the child 's
physical, intellectual, or mental health disability.
a. The disability shall be diagnosed by a
physician , a qualified mental health professional , or a qualified intellectual
disability professional .
b. The
diagnosis shall be current within one year prior to the child 's eighteenth
birthday.
c. The child 's parents
shall provide documentation of the child 's disability.
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