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§ 9203.1

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(a)The department or a licensed adoption agency shall, upon the request of a prospective adoptive parent, disclose an adoption homestudy and any updates to an adoption homestudy to a county or licensed foster family agency for the purpose of approving the prospective adoptive parent as a resource family pursuant to subparagraph
(A)of paragraph
(4)of subdivision
(p)of Section 16519.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(b)The department shall prescribe the form of the request described in subdivision (a).
(c)The department or a licensed adoption agency shall respond to a request made pursuant to subdivision
(a)within 20 working days of receiving it.
(d)The department or a licensed adoption agency may charge a fee to cover the reasonable costs of processing requests made pursuant to subdivision (a). The department or a licensed adoption agency shall waive fees authorized by this subdivision for any person who is receiving public assistance pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
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