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199.595 Legislative finding and purpose.

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199.595 Legislative finding and purpose. (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 <br>children affected during the entire assistance period, require special measures <br>when the adoptive parents move to other states or are residents of another <br>state; and (b) Provision of medical and other necessary services for children, with state assistance, encounters special difficulties when the provision of services takes <br>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 <br>of whom adoption assistance is being provided by the Cabinet for Health and <br>Family Services; and (b) Provide procedures for interstate children's adoption assistance payments, including medical payments. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 186, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 149, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 80, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986.