465 IAC 2-16-8 "Maintenance payment" defined

Sec. 8. "Maintenance payment" means a payment to a residential treatment services provider to cover the reasonable cost of, and the reasonable cost of providing, the following items, on behalf of a child placed with the residential treatment services provider for whom the department is responsible for payment: (1) Food. (2) Clothing. (3) Shelter, including reasonable occupancy costs. (4) Daily supervision. (5) School supplies. (6) Personal incidentals for the child. (7) Liability insurance with respect to a child placed in the residential treatment services provider's facility. (8) Reasonable travel expenses for the child to attend school where the child was enrolled before placement, to the extent that school transportation is not provided or required to be provided under applicable Indiana law by a public school corporation or other state or local agency. (9) Reasonable travel expenses for the child for family visitation to the extent required by, or consistent with, the child's individual case plan or court order.