Sec. 129.5. “Therapeutic foster family home”, for purposes of IC 31-27, means a foster family home:

(1) that provides care to:

(A) a child; or

(B) an individual at least eighteen (18) but less than twenty-one (21) years of age receiving collaborative care under IC 31-28-5.8;

who has serious emotional disturbances, significant behavioral health needs and functional impairments, or developmental or physical disabilities;

(2) in which the child or individual receives treatment in a family home through an integrated array of services supervised and supported by qualified program staff from:

(A) the department of child services;

(B) a managed care provider that contracts with the division of mental health and addiction; or

(C) a licensed child placing agency; and

(3) that meets the additional requirements of IC 31-27-4-2.

As added by P.L.1-2007, SEC.190. Amended by P.L.143-2008, SEC.4; P.L.162-2011, SEC.10; P.L.48-2012, SEC.21; P.L.198-2019, SEC.1.