Section 359.9 Payments for Medical Care

Section 359

Section 359.9  Payments for

Medical Care

a)         Youth for whom DCFS is legally responsible (youth in care) and

youth in care adopted with a monthly adoption or subsidized guardianship

subsidy payment are eligible for services through the Department of Healthcare

and Family Services' (HFS) Illinois medical assistance program.  Each eligible

youth will receive a Medicaid card.  Youth enrolled in a managed care program

will also receive a managed care plan membership card.  The Department will pay

for medical services or expenses for youth in care who are not eligible for

medical assistance.

b)         Foster parents, child welfare contributing agencies, and

institutions providing substitute care for youth in care and adoptive parents

and subsidized guardians may select a practitioner from the youth's health plan

provider network.  As age and developmentally appropriate, adolescent youth may

choose their own primary health care provider from their health plan provider

network.