CHAPTER 16. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES ADOPTION INCENTIVES Art. 1279.1. Short title; citation This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana Has Faith in Families Act". Acts 2013, No. 66, §1, eff. May 31, 2013.
Art. 1279.2. Legislative findings The legislature finds: 1. It is in the best interest of a foster child who is adoption-eligible to be placed in a permanent adoptive family as soon as practicable. 2. The state has an interest in decreasing the delays in finalizing adoptions in order to facilitate permanent adoption and family cohesion. […]
Art. 1279.3. Purpose Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, in order to facilitate the recruitment of new families for children, the incentives provided in this Chapter shall be made available for those children who have been adopted from the custody of the state and meet eligibility requirements. Acts 2013, No. 66, §1, […]
Art. 1279.4. Adoption subsidy A. The department shall make every effort to declare every child in the department’s custody eligible for certain adoption assistance or subsidy in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Chapter. B. Subsidized adoption. (1) The department is authorized to develop and implement a program for subsidizing the adoption of […]
Art. 1279.5. Health insurance reimbursement A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any child in the custody of the department who is eligible for adoption and is placed in an approved adoptive home shall be eligible for dependent coverage under the prospective adoptive parents’ health insurance policy pursuant to R.S. 22:1004. Any additional […]
Art. 1279.6. Educational opportunities and assistance A.(1) A child who is in foster care pursuant to placement through the department shall be allowed to remain enrolled in the public school in which the child was enrolled at the time he entered foster care for the duration of the child’s stay in the custody of the […]
Art. 1279.7. Expedited procedure for finalizing adoptions In order to shorten the waiting time for finalizing the adoption when the child is eligible for adoption, the following shall apply: (1) Where the child has been placed in foster care with the prospective adoptive parents, any necessary waiting period as required by Article 1211 shall be […]
