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DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES 10000-18999.81›PART 4. SERVICES FOR THE CARE OF CHILDREN 16000-16545›CHAPTER 2.6. Interstate Adoption Assistance Agreements 16170-16177

§ 16173

California Welfare and Institutions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Services are authorized to develop, participate in the development of, negotiate, or enter into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of this state with other states to implement one or more of the purposes set forth in this chapter. When entered into, and for so long as it shall remain in force, a compact shall have the force and effect of law.

(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 887, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2000.)

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