CHAPTER 2.3. Adoption of Alcohol- and Drug-Exposed and HIV Positive Children

Chapter 2.3 added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1014, Sec. 2.

§§ 16135–16135.30 · 9 sections

• § 16135 The purpose of this chapter is to establish a program for special training and services to facilitate the adoption of children who are HIV positive, or born to…
• § 16135.1 (a) “Eligible child” means any child who meets the requirements of paragraph (1) or (2), and paragraph (3). (1) Any child who has a condition or symptoms…
• § 16135.10 (a) In order to promote successful adoptions of substance and alcohol exposed court dependent children, participating counties shall maintain a program of…
• § 16135.13 (a) A participating county shall provide special training to recruited adoptive parents to care for eligible children. The training curriculum shall include,…
• § 16135.14 (a) The county shall determine whether a child is eligible for services pursuant to this section. (b) A participating county shall select a specialized…
• § 16135.16 The requirements of this section may be met by the implementation of the TIES for Adoption program as defined in Subdivision (b) of Section 16135.1.
• § 16135.17 Participating counties shall prepare an adoption services case plan pursuant to regulations adopted by the department and arrange for nonmedical support…
• § 16135.25 The department shall do all of the following: (a) Develop necessary procedures and standardized programs for a specialized adoptive home training project. (b)…
• § 16135.30 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subdivisions (b) and (c) shall control the placement of a child pursuant to this chapter. (b) A county may…