(1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services is authorized to develop, participate in the development of, negotiate and enter into one (1) or more interstate compacts on behalf of this state with other states to implement one (1) or more of the purposes set forth in KRS § 199.595 to KRS § 199.5955. When so entered into, and for so long as it shall remain in force, such a compact shall have the force and effect of law.
(2) For the purposes of KRS § 199.595 to KRS § 199.5955, the term “state” shall mean 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.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 199.5951


(3) For the purposes of KRS § 199.595 to KRS § 199.5955, the term “adoption assistance state” means the state that is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.
(4) For the purposes of KRS § 199.595 to KRS § 199.5955, the term “residence state” means the state of which the child is a resident by virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 187, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 150, effective July 15, 1998. — Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986.