HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1957

(2) IN THE CASE OF AN ELIGIBLE CHILD WHO HAS SPECIAL
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT EXISTED BEFORE THE ADOPTION BUT WERE NOT
DETECTED UNTIL AFTER THE ADOPTION, THE AGREEMENT SHALL BE MADE
PROMPTLY AFTER THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT APPROVES THE APPLICATION FOR
A SUBSIDY.

(B)  COMMENCEMENT OF SUBSIDY.

A SUBSIDY MAY COMMENCE EITHER AT THE TIME OF THE PLACEMENT
FOR ADOPTION OR AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE
ADOPTION DECREE.

(C)  NATURE, AMOUNT, AND DURATION OF SUBSIDY.

(1)  THE NATURE, AMOUNT, AND DURATION OF THE SUBSIDY
SHALL BE DETERMINED BY:

(I)  THE NEEDS OF THE ELIGIBLE CHILD BECAUSE OF
THE ELIGIBLE CHILD'S SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES; AND

(II)  THE AVAILABILITY OF OTHER RESOURCES TO
MEET THE ELIGIBLE CHILD'S NEEDS.

(2)  THE SUBSIDY MAY BE FOR A LIMITED OR A LONG PERIOD
OF TIME.

(3)  THE SUBSIDY SHALL BE IN AN AMOUNT THAT IS NOT
MORE THAN:

(I)  THE ALLOWABLE AMOUNT FOR A CHILD UNDER
FOSTER FAMILY CARE; OR

(II)  IF THE SUBSIDY IS FOR A SPECIAL SERVICE, A
REASONABLE FEE FOR THAT SERVICE.

(D)  ANNUAL REAPPLICATION AND REAPPROVAL.

(1)  IF, UNDER A SUBSIDY AGREEMENT, THE SUBSIDY DOES
NOT TERMINATE IN THE FIRST YEAR AFTER THE FINAL DECREE OF
ADOPTION IS PASSED, THE SUBSIDY IS SUBJECT TO ANNUAL
REAPPLICATION, REEVALUATION, AND REAPPROVAL BY THE LOCAL
DEPARTMENT.

(2)  A SUBSIDY AGREEMENT SHALL INCLUDE A NOTICE OF THE
ANNUAL REAPPLICATION REQUIREMENT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Article 16, §
88E(a), (b), (d), and the first, second, and fourth
sentences of (c).

In subsection (d)(1) of this section, the language
"final decree of adoption" is substituted for the
former language "legal consummation of the adoption",
for clarity.