Sec. 21. (a) As used in this section, “transitional services plan” means a plan that provides information concerning the following to an individual described in subsection (b):

(1) Education.

(2) Employment.

(3) Housing.

(4) Health care, including information concerning the individual’s eligibility and participation in the Medicaid program.

(5) Development of problem solving skills.

(6) Available local, state, and federal financial assistance.

     (b) The department shall implement a program that provides a transitional services plan to the following:

(1) An individual who has become or will become:

(A) eighteen (18) years of age; or

(B) emancipated;

while receiving foster care.

(2) An individual who:

(A) is at least eighteen (18) but less than twenty-one (21) years of age; and

(B) is receiving collaborative care under IC 31-28-5.8.

     (c) A transitional services plan for an individual described in subsection (b) shall contain a document that:

(1) describes the rights of the individual with respect to:

(A) education, health, visitation, and court participation;

(B) the right to be provided with the individual’s medical documents and any other medical information; and

(C) the right to stay safe and avoid exploitation; and

(2) includes a signed acknowledgment by the individual that the:

(A) individual has been provided with a copy of the document described in subdivision (1); and

(B) rights contained in the document have been explained to the individual in an age appropriate manner.

     (d) The individual’s child representatives selected by the individual under IC 31-34-15-7 or IC 31-37-19-1.7 may participate in the development of a transitional services plan for the individual.

     (e) The department, as part of the program described in this section, in cooperation with the office of Medicaid policy and planning, shall include, as part of the transitional services plan for an individual described in subsection (b), the enrollment of the individual in the Medicaid program.

     (f) The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2, including emergency rules under IC 4-22-2-37.1, necessary to implement the program described in this section.

As added by P.L.143-2008, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.131-2009, SEC.33; P.L.48-2012, SEC.24; P.L.104-2015, SEC.17; P.L.124-2017, SEC.2; P.L.198-2019, SEC.3.