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Okla. Stat.
§ 7510-1.3
Oklahoma
Statutes
Title
10. Children
Chapter 75. Oklahoma Adoption Code
Article
10. Subsidized Adoptions Programs
Part
1. Oklahoma Adoption Assistance Act
§ 7510-1.3. Program
of assistance for children not eligible for federally funded adoption
assistance benefits
A. The Department of Human Services shall establish and administer
an ongoing program of adoption assistance for eligible special needs
children in the legal custody of the Department or a
federally recognized Indian tribe, as defined by the federal Indian
Child Welfare Act [FN1]
and the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act, [FN2]
who are not eligible for federally funded adoption assistance benefits.
Adoption assistance benefits under this program shall be
provided out of funds appropriated to the Department for the
maintenance of children in foster care or made available to
it from other sources.
B.
Adoption assistance benefits under this program may include Medicaid coverage,
a monthly adoption assistance payment, reimbursement of nonrecurring adoption expenses,
special services, or any combination of such benefits.
CREDIT(S)
Laws
1982, c. 200, §
3; Laws 1996, c. 297, §
13, emerg. eff. June 10, 1996. Renumbered from Title
10, §
60.27 by Laws 1997, c. 366, §
59, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Laws 1998, c. 415,
§
37, emerg. eff. June 11, 1998; Laws 2002, c.
445, §
12, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
[FN1]
25 U.S.C.A. §
1901 et seq.
[FN2]
Title 10, §
40 et seq.
Source:
Laws
1977, c. 39, §
2.
10
O.S.1981, § 60.13a.
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