Section 170-F:7 Payments.
The amount and duration of adoption subsidy payments may vary according to special needs of the child, and may include maintenance costs, medical, dental, and surgical expenses, psychiatric and psychological expenses, and other costs necessary for his care and well-being. A subsidy may be paid on a long-term basis to help a family whose income is limited and is likely to remain so; on a time-limited basis to help a family meet the cost of integrating a child into the family over a specified period of time; or on a special services basis to help a family meet a specific anticipated expense or expenses when no other resource appears to be available. Eligibility for payments shall continue (until the child reaches 18 years of age) so long as the child is a dependent as defined in the Federal Internal Revenue Code.
Source. 1977, 508:1, eff. Sept. 13, 1977.