Sec. 1. The department shall carry out a program to place hard to place children in suitable adoptive homes in cases in which restoration to the biological family is not possible or appropriate. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-3-3(a).] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.264.
Sec. 1.5. The department shall consider a child who is two (2) years of age or older a hard to place child for determining eligibility for state adoption subsidies. As added by P.L.42-2009, SEC.3.
Sec. 2. The department may: (1) delegate a part of the program to a local office; and (2) deliver a program service through a contract with another person. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-3-3(b).] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.265; P.L.128-2012, SEC.84.
Sec. 3. To carry out the program, the department may: (1) cooperate with adoption efforts with: (A) other states; and (B) the administrative unit in the United States Department of Health and Human Services that is established under 42 U.S.C. 5113; (2) exchange information with the: (A) federal adoption and foster care data gathering and […]
Sec. 4. Money appropriated to the program does not revert to the state general fund at the end of the state fiscal year. As added by P.L.200-1999, SEC.24.
