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IN SB0145
Bill
Status
1/4/2017
Primary Sponsor
Lonnie Randolph
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AI Summary
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Department of Child Services must enter into written adoption subsidy agreements with all adoptive parents of children with special needs who are eligible for subsidies.
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Department must allocate sufficient funds to the adoption assistance account to make all required adoption subsidy payments.
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Department is prohibited from terminating adoption subsidy agreements due to insufficient funds in the adoption assistance account.
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Repeals provisions that allowed the department to approve new subsidy agreements only for children who were wards at the time of adoption petition or to prioritize funding based on wardship status when funds were insufficient.
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Effective July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Require adoption subsidy payments. Requires the department of child services (department) to: (1) enter into an agreement, with each adoptive parent of a child with special needs who is eligible for an adoption subsidy, to provide an adoption subsidy for the child; and (2) allocate funds to the adoption assistance account necessary to make the adoption subsidy payments. Prohibits the department from terminating an adoption subsidy agreement with adoptive parents due to insufficient funds in the adoption assistance account. Makes conforming changes. Repeals a provision that allows the department to: (1) approve new adoption subsidy agreements only for children who
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/4/2017