211.490. Child placed in residential group facility, eligibility for medical assistance benefits, continuance. - Missouri Statutes

Child placed in residential group facility, eligibility for medicalassistance benefits, continuance.

211.490. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, anychild who is placed in a not-for-profit residential group facility forchildren by the juvenile court shall be eligible for medical assistancebenefits pursuant to the provisions of section 208.152, RSMo. In addition,any child who is placed in a not-for-profit residential group facility forchildren by the parent, and who is currently receiving benefits pursuant tothe provisions of section 208.152, RSMo, shall continue to receive benefitswhile in the group home. The eligibility and provisions of this section shallbegin on the date of placement of the child in the residential group facilityand shall terminate on the date the child is removed from such placement.

(L. 1993 H.B. 564 § 27)