Section 17-1617-4 - Scope of foster care related payments and respite care payments(a) The department shall provide for the following foster care related payments for eligible children under the department's placement responsibility when the need has been established by the department and to the extent that funds are available: (1) Clothing in accordance with departmental procedures when it is deemed: (A) Necessary for initial placement;(B) Necessary for maintenance; or(C) Necessary for special circumstances or special events;(2) The actual cost of necessary school bus fare or private automobile mileage at the established state mileage allowance for the months school is in session for a child who is attending school where free school transportation is not available;(3) The actual cost of bus fare, private automobile mileage at the established state mileage allowance,' or taxi fare when other resources are not available, to obtain medical care, including physical examinations, psychiatric and psychological therapy;(4) Necessary and appropriate rates for transportation and other costs to effect placement of a child or the child's return to the family. Approval for out-of-state transportation costs for a child under the department's placement responsibility shall be obtained from the social services division administrator, or designee, after the placement has been approved by the receiving state's office for the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) and prior to the child's being sent out-of-state;(5) The minimum cost of transportation to the child's home for visitation when this is part of a child's case plan;(6) Group activity fees including, but not limited to, school and community sports, scouts, or organized group activities sponsored by community organizations;(7) Individual activity fees, including but not limited to, the cost of lessons for activities such as dance, music, or gymnastics if the social worker determines the activity to be beneficial to the development of the child's self-esteem and social skills;(8) The minimum cost of transportation to allow resource family or caregiver to attend department authorized trainings and meetings upon approval by the department; and(9) Medical treatments, immunizations, and other medication for the resource family home or other members of the resource family up to $500 per incident or $500 per person when the course of treatment is determined by a physician to be necessary because of a physical condition of a foster child. The need for treatments, medications, or supplies must be related to the physical condition of the child in foster care and shall be established by the department.(b) Respite care payments shall be provided to licensed resource family or caregiver for children under the department's placement responsibility in accordance with departmental procedures. Respite care payments shall be subject to the availability of funds which are limited each fiscal year. Respite care payments may not be available once the total amount allotted for a fiscal year has been expended.[Eff DEC 09 2010] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: HRS §§ 346-14, 346-17)