Colorado § 24-60-2404 - Contents of compact.

§ 24-60-2404. Contents of compact.

(1) Any compact entered into by the department of human services pursuant to this part 24 shall contain the following general provisions:

(a) A provision making it available for joinder by all states;

(b) A provision or provisions for withdrawal from the compact upon written notice to the parties, with the effective date of withdrawal one year after the date of notice of withdrawal;

(c) A requirement that, upon withdrawal from the compact, the protections afforded by or pursuant to the compact by the withdrawing residence state continue in force for the duration of the adoption assistance for all special needs children and their adoptive parents who, on the effective date of withdrawal, are receiving adoption assistance or payments in subsidization of adoption from an adoption assistance state which is a party to the compact;

(d) (I) A requirement that each instance of adoption assistance or payments in subsidization of adoption to which the compact applies be authorized by a written adoption assistance agreement between the adoptive parents and the state child welfare agency of the adoption assistance state; and

(II) A requirement that any adoption assistance agreement be expressly for the benefit of the adopted child and enforceable by the adoptive parents and the adoption assistance state;

(e) Such other provisions as may be necessary to implement the administration of the compact.

(2) Any compact entered into by the department of human services pursuant to this part 24 shall contain and implement the following provisions regarding medical assistance:

(a) That a child with special needs who is residing in this state, who is the subject of an adoption assistance agreement with another state which is a party to the compact, shall be entitled to receive a medical assistance identification from this state upon filing with the department of health care policy and financing a certified copy of the adoption assistance agreement obtained from the adoption assistance state. The adoptive parents of such child shall be required at least annually to show that the agreement is still in force or has been renewed.

(b) That the department of health care policy and financing shall consider the holder of a medical assistance identification specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) as any other holder of a medical assistance identification under the laws of this state and shall process and make payment on claims on account of such holder in the same manner and pursuant to the same conditions and procedures as for other recipients of medical assistance pursuant to articles 4, 5, and 6 of title 25.5, C.R.S.;

(c) That the department of human services shall provide coverage and benefits for a child with special needs, who is in another state, and who is covered by an agreement to make payments in subsidization of adoption entered into by the department of human services pursuant to article 7 of title 26, C.R.S., which coverage and benefits are not provided by the residence state, if any. In addition, that the adoptive parents of such special needs child, acting for the child, may submit evidence of payment for services or benefit amounts not payable in the residence state and shall be reimbursed therefor by the department of human services. However, the department of human services shall not make reimbursement for services or benefit amounts covered under any insurance or other third-party medical contract or arrangement held by the child or his adoptive parents. The additional coverages and benefit amounts specified in this paragraph (c) shall be for services for which no federal contribution is available, or which, if federally aided, are not provided by the residence state.

(d) That the submission of any claim for payment or reimbursement for services or benefits specified in this subsection (2), or the making of any statement in connection therewith, which claim or statement the maker knows or should know to be false, misleading, or fraudulent shall be subject to the provisions of section 26-1-127, C.R.S.;

(e) That a child with special needs who is the subject of an adoption assistance agreement with this state, who is residing in another state which is a party to the compact, shall receive medical assistance from the residence state under the conditions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (2).

Source: L. 85: Entire part added, p. 857, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: IP(1), (IP)(2), (2)(a), (2)(b), and (2)(c) amended, p. 2699, § 248, effective July 1. L. 2006: (2)(b) amended, p. 2011, § 75, effective July 1.