The purposes of this chapter are to:

(a) Authorize the State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Services to enter into interstate agreements with agencies of other states for the protection of children on behalf of whom adoption assistance is being provided by the State Department of Social Services.

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 16171

  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of or administered by the United States. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 16172

(b) Provide procedures for interstate children’s adoption assistance payments, including medical payments.

(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 887, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2000.)

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