Shelia J. asked
We are adopting a special needs child with severe health issues, including blindness, cerebral palsy, 90% brain damage, and being fed through a G-tube. The child is eligible for ACCESS, Children's Rehabilitative Services, and has been approved for an Adoption Subsidy. Our current income is $110,000 per year, but it will drop substantially with retirement, and we will be on Medicare. Will any of his program eligibilities be reduced because of our income once the adoption is complete? In 10 years, we will be on Social Security and a fixed income, and without state health insurance, his health needs could bankrupt us. He is 16 months old, and there appear to be program changes at ages 3 and 18. Can you provide a chain of law through Arizona Revised Statutes and Federal Medicare (Title XIX?) laws that will help me map his eligibility? Does Medicare require the State of Arizona to cover him, or is it the good graces of the state that makes him eligible? Is health insurance and the adoption subsidy an additional enticement to encourage adoption of very ill children?
October 31st, 2023
Ruben P. answered
Adopted children with severe disabilities may continue to receive state and federal benefits, such a...
October 31st, 2023
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