37.93.701    CHILD PLACING AGENCY: SERVICES TO FOSTER PARENT(S)

(1) Orientation. The agency shall provide orientation to applicant(s) for an agency youth foster home license to acquaint them with the agency's policies and practices and the department's licensing rules.

(2) Agreement. The agency shall have a signed agreement with all foster parent(s) which includes the following:

(a) expectations and responsibilities of the agency, the staff, and the foster parent(s) ;

(b) the services to be provided;

(c) the financial arrangements for the children placed in the home;

(d) the authority the foster parent(s) can exercise for the children placed in their home;

(e) the actions which require agency staff authorization; and

(f) the legal responsibility for damage or risk resulting from children in their homes.

(3) Payments. The agency shall have a written statement as to the reimbursement rates paid to foster parent(s) for cost of care expenditures and/or fees for service.

(a) Reimbursement payments must be an amount sufficient to assure adequate care for the child in the youth foster home.

(b) Payment at the rate adopted by the department for youth foster care will be presumed to be an amount sufficient to assure adequate care.

(c) When homes are used which are not reimbursed, the agency shall include a written statement of the reasons why reimbursement is not necessary and a written statement assuring that the child can be adequately cared for without reimbursement as part of the written agreement between the agency and the foster home.

History: Sec. 53-4-111 and 53-4-403, MCA; IMP, Sec. 53-4-113 and 53-4-403, MCA; NEW, 1985 MAR p. 278, Eff. 3/29/85; TRANS, from Dept. of SRS, 1987 MAR p. 1492, Eff. 7/1/87; TRANS, from DFS, 1998 MAR p. 661.