(a) Amount.--The amount of adoption opportunity payment for maintenance costs to an adoptive family shall not exceed the monthly payment rate for foster family care in the county in which the child resides.
(b) County reimbursement.--The department shall reimburse county agencies for at least 80% of the cost of an adoption opportunity provided by the county agency under this chapter if the county agency complies with the reporting requirements established by the department under section 2103 (relating to regulations).
(c) Limitation.--No public money shall be expended under this chapter on behalf of an eligible child until all available benefits under existing or future private, public, local, State or Federal programs have been exhausted. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, adoptive families subsidized under the provisions of this chapter shall not be liable under the provisions of the act of October 20, 1966 (3rd Sp.Sess., P.L.96, No.6), known as the Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Act of 1966, or 23 Pa.C.S. Ch. 46 (relating to support of the indigent) in the event that the adopted child needs services or assistance under the provisions of Article IV of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, or under the provisions of the Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Act of 1966.
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