medicaid · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2012-01-06 · Effective 2012-02-06 · 77 FR 896
Document
Document number
2011-32911
Federal Register citation
77 FR 896
CFR reference
45 CFR 1355
Type
Rule
Action
Interim final rule.
Category
medicaid
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2012-01-06
Effective date
2012-02-06
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is issuing this interim final rule to implement statutory provisions related to the Tribal title IV-E program. Effective October 1, 2009, section 479B(b) of the Social Security Act (the Act) authorizes direct Federal funding of Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Tribal consortia that choose to operate a foster care, adoption assistance and, at Tribal option, a kinship guardianship assistance program under title IV-E of the Act. The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 requires that ACF issue interim final regulations which address procedures to ensure that a transfer of responsibility for the placement and care of a child under a State title IV-E plan to a Tribal title IV-E plan occurs in a manner that does not affect the child's eligibility for title IV-E benefits or medical assistance under title XIX of the Act (Medicaid) and such services or payments; in-kind expenditures from third-party sources for the Tribal share of administration and training expenditures under title IV-E; and other provisions to carry out the Tribal-related amendments to title IV-E. This interim final rule includes these provisions and technical amendments necessary to implement a Tribal title IV-E program.