Ind. Code § 31-9-2-129.5

Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 31-9-2-129.5 - "Therapeutic foster family home"

"Therapeutic foster family home", for purposes of IC 31-27, means a foster family home:

(1) that provides care to:
(A) a child; or
(B) an individual at least eighteen (18) but less than twenty-one (21) years of age receiving collaborative care under IC 31-28-5.8;

who has serious emotional disturbances, significant behavioral health needs and functional impairments, or developmental or physical disabilities;

(2) in which the child or individual receives treatment in a family home through an integrated array of services supervised and supported by qualified program staff from:
(A) the department of child services;
(B) a managed care provider that contracts with the division of mental health and addiction; or
(C) a licensed child placing agency; and
(3) that meets the additional requirements of IC 31-27-4-2.

IC 31-9-2-129.5

Amended by P.L. 198-2019,SEC. 1, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by P.L. 48-2012, SEC. 21, eff. 3/14/2012.
Amended by P.L. 162-2011, SEC. 10, eff. 7/1/2011.
As added by P.L. 1-2007, SEC.190. Amended by P.L. 143-2008, SEC.4.