IC 31-9-2.1-243 — "Therapeutic foster family home"
Chapter 2.1. Definitions
Section text
Sec. 243. "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.145-2026, SEC.161.
Source: official publisher (2026 edition)