Minnesota Administrative Rules

9560.0600 PROVISION FOR MEETING HEALTH NEEDS.

The local agency must meet the health and dental needs of every child by:

A.

assuring that each child has had a health examination in the 12 months before initial placement or has an examination within 30 days after placement;

B.

assuring that a child's ongoing health and dental needs are met and that the child has at least one health examination per year while in placement;

C.

assuring that a Child and Teen Checkup is offered or provided pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0625, subdivision 58, to a child eligible for the medical assistance program;

D.

giving the foster care provider information about the child's immunizations and other pertinent health data with instructions for the record to be kept up to date; and

E.

giving the foster care provider a written authorization for obtaining routine health care for the child with clear instructions as to which health care provider is to treat the child and who is responsible for payment.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 256.01; 256.82; 256E.05; 257.071; 257.072; 257.175; 260.40; 260C.212; 260C.215; 260C.451; 393.07

History:

20 SR 2778; L 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2

Published Electronically:

October 7, 2021