Sec. 264.855.  CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY FOR PERMANENCY CARE ASSISTANCE BENEFITS AFTER AGE 18.  If the department first entered into a permanency care assistance agreement with a foster child's kinship provider after the child's 16th birthday, the department may continue to provide permanency care assistance payments until the last day of the month of the child's 21st birthday, provided the child is:
(1)  regularly attending high school or enrolled in a program leading toward a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate;
(2)  regularly attending an institution of higher education or a postsecondary vocational or technical program;
(3)  participating in a program or activity that promotes, or removes barriers to, employment;
(4)  employed for at least 80 hours a month; or
(5)  incapable of any of the activities described by Subdivisions (1)-(4) due to a documented medical condition.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1118 (H.B. 1151), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2009.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1238 (S.B. 2080), Sec. 6(e), eff. October 1, 2010.