199.595 Legislative finding and purpose.

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(1)The General Assembly finds that:

(a)Finding adoptive families for children, for whom state assistance is desirable

pursuant to KRS 199.555, and assuring the protection of the interests of the

children affected during the entire assistance period, require special measures

when the adoptive parents move to other states or are residents of another

state; and

(b)Provision of medical and other necessary services for children, with state

assistance, encounters special difficulties when the provision of services takes

place in other states.

(2)The purposes of KRS 199.5951 to 199.5955 are to:

(a)Authorize the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to enter into interstate

agreements with agencies of other states for protection of children on behalf

of whom adoption assistance is being provided by the Cabinet for Health and

Family Services; and

(b)Provide procedures for interstate children's adoption assistance payments,

including medical payments.