Rule 23-101-1.8 - Mandatory Coverage of Adoption Assistance and Foster Care ChildrenA. Coverage is mandatory for children for whom adoption assistance or foster care maintenance payments are made under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, as determined by the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services (DCPS) who certifies eligibility for this group of childrenB. Coverage is mandatory for former foster care children who are under age twenty-six (26) if the child was in foster care and enrolled in Medicaid upon reaching age eighteen (18) or prior to age twenty-one (21) when released from foster care. Continued Medicaid coverage is certified by the Division of Medicaid in coordination with DCPS.23 Miss. Code. R. 101-1.8
42 USC § 1396a; 42 C.F.R § 435.145.