HRS §350C-4
Rules for the interstate adoption assistance compact
This section lists what a compact about adoption assistance must include. It must let any state join, allow states to leave with one year's written notice, protect current assistance after leaving, and require a written agreement for each adoption assistance case.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Contents of compacts
A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter shall: (1) Provide all states the option of joining; (2) Permit the withdrawal from the compact upon one year written notice to all signatories; (3) Provide that a state's withdrawal from the compact does not affect its responsibility to continue to provide assistance to those recipients who were receiving assistance pursuant to the compact prior to the effective date of the withdrawal; and (4) Require that each case of adoption assistance under the compact be covered by an adoption assistance agreement in writing between the adoptive parents and the state child welfare agency of the state which undertakes to provide the adoption assistance.
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