8-173. Adoption assistance agreements;
reciprocity conditions; violation; classification
A. A child who resides in this state and who is the subject of an adoption
assistance agreement with a state that has entered into a compact with this state is
entitled to receive medical assistance from this state if the adoption assistance
agreement provides categorical eligibility for federally funded medical assistance. This
entitlement begins on the filing with the department of a certified copy of the adoption
assistance agreement obtained from the adoption assistance state. In accordance with
department rules, the adoptive parents shall show at least annually that the agreement
with the other adoption assistance state is still in force or has been renewed.
B. The department and the Arizona health care cost containment system
administration shall consider the holder of an adoption assistance agreement, as provided
in subsection A of this section, as any other eligible medical assistance person under
the laws of this state and shall make medical assistance payments pursuant to the same
conditions and procedures for other recipients of medical assistance.
C. A person who knowingly submits a claim for payment or reimbursement for services
or benefits pursuant to this section or who makes a statement in connection with a claim
that is false, misleading or fraudulent is guilty of a class 6 felony.
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