Effective 9/1/2022 80-2-802. Division child placing and adoption services — Restrictions on placement of a child. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (3), the division may provide adoption services and, as a licensed child-placing agency under Title 62A, Chapter 2, Licensure of Programs and Facilities, engage in child placing in accordance with this chapter, Chapter […]
Effective 9/1/2022 80-2-803. Division promotion of adoption — Adoption research and informational pamphlet. The division shall: (1) in accordance with Section 62A-2-126, actively promote the adoption of all children in the division’s custody who have a final plan for termination of parental rights under Section 80-3-409 or a primary permanency plan of adoption; (2) develop […]
Effective 9/1/2022 80-2-804. Adoptive placement time frame — Division contracts with child-placing agencies. (1) Subject to this part, for a child who has a primary permanency plan of adoption or for whom a final plan for pursuing termination of parental rights is approved in accordance with Section 80-3-409, the division shall make intensive efforts to […]
Effective 9/1/2022 80-2-805. Division post-adoption services and contracts — Access to health care for an adopted child. (1) Unless a parent or guardian of a child who is adopted from the custody of the division expressly requests otherwise, the division may not, solely on the basis that the parent or guardian contacts the division regarding […]
Effective 9/1/2022 80-2-806. Division adoption assistance — Eligibility — Limitations. (1) The purpose of this section is to provide adoption assistance to eligible adoptive families to establish and maintain a permanent adoptive placement for a child who has a special need and who qualifies under state and federal law. (2) (a) The division may provide […]
Effective 9/1/2022 80-2-807. Division supplemental adoption assistance — Department advisory committee. (1) (a) The division may, based on annual legislative appropriations for adoption assistance and, subject to Subsection (2)(c), division rules made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, provide supplemental adoption assistance for a child who has a special need. […]
Effective 9/1/2022 80-2-808. Division termination or modification of adoption assistance. (1) The division may not terminate or modify adoption assistance unless the division gives the adoptive parents notice and opportunity for a hearing as required in Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act. (2) The division shall terminate adoption assistance if any of the following […]
Effective 9/1/2022 80-2-809. Interstate compact adoption assistance agreements. (1) Notwithstanding Section 80-2-801, as used in this section: (a) “Adoption assistance” means financial support to an adoptive parent provided under the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, Title IV (e) of the Social Security Act, and Title XIX of the Social Security Act. (b) […]
