South Carolina Code 63-9-1780. Eligibility for supplemental benefits
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Only certain children who have been certified as eligible for supplemental benefits may receive payments for medical, rehabilitative, or other treatment services under their supplemental benefits certification. To receive these payments, a child shall fall into one of the following categories:
(1) receiving payments for medical, rehabilitative, or other treatment services immediately before adoption for a physical, mental, or emotional condition;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 63-9-1780
- Child: means an individual up to twenty-one years of age. See South Carolina Code 63-9-1720
- Supplemental benefits: means payments made by the State Department of Social Services to provide services, including medical subsidies for payment for treatment pursuant to § 63-9-1780, for children who without these services may not have been adopted. See South Carolina Code 63-9-1720
(2) identified before adoption as being at a high risk for developing a physical, mental, or emotional condition in the future; or
(3) with a physical, mental, or emotional condition diagnosed after adoption if the condition existed before adoption but was not recognized or if substantial risk factors for the condition existed before adoption but were not recognized.