DFPS provides Medicaid coverage to children in adoptive placements until DFPS legal responsibility has ended.

For children who qualify for adoption assistance benefits, the Medicaid coverage is included as part of their adoption assistance benefit.

Children who do not qualify for adoption assistance are assigned Adoption Medical Assistance Only (MAO) coverage in the Adoption stage until one of the following occurs:

• DFPS legal responsibility ends.
• The child qualifies for adoption assistance benefits.

Transferring Foster Care to Adoption MAO Coverage

On the effective date of the adoptive placement, DFPS does the following:

• The foster care eligibility specialist end-dates the child’s foster care eligibility as the date of the adoptive placement. (However, the child’s foster care Medicaid coverage continues through the end of the month.)
• The adoption assistance eligibility specialist opens the child’s Medical Assistance Only (MAO) eligibility in the child’s Adoption stage, effective the first day of the month following the adoptive placement.