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South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 63-9-1780: Eligibility for supplemental benefits.

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  1. Title 63 - SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CODE
  2. CHAPTER 9 Adoptions
  3. ARTICLE 7 Supplemental Benefits to Assure Adoption

Only certain children who have been certified as eligible for supplemental benefits may receive payments for medical, rehabilitative, or other treatment services under their supplemental benefits certification. To receive these payments, a child shall fall into one of the following categories:

(1) receiving payments for medical, rehabilitative, or other treatment services immediately before adoption for a physical, mental, or emotional condition;

(2) identified before adoption as being at a high risk for developing a physical, mental, or emotional condition in the future; or

(3) with a physical, mental, or emotional condition diagnosed after adoption if the condition existed before adoption but was not recognized or if substantial risk factors for the condition existed before adoption but were not recognized.

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