26-10-25
Section 26-10-25 Subsidies - Agreements; type; amount; duration; limitation. When parents are found and approved for adoption of a child certified as eligible for subsidy, and before the final decree of adoption is issued, there must be a written agreement between the State Department of Human Resources and the adopting family as to the terms and conditions of the subsidy. Upon determination of eligibility, adoption subsidies in individual cases may commence at any time after the adoption placement or at the appropriate time after the adoption decree, and will vary with the needs of the child and as negotiated with the adoptive parent or parents, and according to, as well as the availability of, other resources to meet the child's needs. The subsidy may be for special services only, or for money payments, payment deferred, and either for a limited period, or for a long term, or for any combination of the foregoing. The amount of the time-limited or long-term subsidy may in no case...
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26-10-26
Section 26-10-26 Subsidies - Report; modification of subsidy; review; duration of subsidy. (a)(1) The department may require the adoptive parent or parents to submit a report, annually or at a time or times specified in the agreement or when the department is investigating an allegation of improperly received benefits. The parent shall state in the report that the child remains under their care and any change in the conditions or circumstances of the adopting parent or the needs of the child. The subsidy agreement shall continue according to its terms, except as provided by this article. The department may confirm the accuracy and veracity of the report from any reliable sources of information concerning the adoptive family and child, including any governmental or private agency that serves the area in which the child resides. If the report or information received by the department indicates a substantial change in the conditions that existed when the adoption subsidy agreement was...
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12-15-314
care to participate in activities that are age or developmentally appropriate for the child based on a reasonable and prudent parent standard, provided the activities are consistent with provisions of any existing court order, individualized service plan, or promulgated policy of the department that provides guidance to caregivers concerning the reasonable and prudent parent standard. The guidance shall include factors for the caregiver to consider prior to allowing a child to participate in age or developmentally appropriate normal childhood activities. (2) A caregiver shall be immune from liability in a civil action to recover damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property that results from a caregiver's decisions using a reasonable and prudent parent standard. This subsection shall not be construed to remove or limit any existing liability protection provided by law. (Act 2008-277, p. 441, §18; Act 2010-712, p. 1744, §13; Act 2016-129, p. 290, §1; Act 2018-273, §1.)...
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38-9A-1
of people with a developmental disability and their family members who supervise the implementation of the program in its designated community consistently with the policies and procedures of the regional council. (e) DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY. A severe chronic disability of a person that: (1) Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or a combination of mental and physical impairments. (2) Is manifested before the person attains the age of 22, except in the case of traumatic brain injury in which age is not a factor. (3) Is likely to continue indefinitely. (4) Results in a substantial functional limitation in three or more of the following major life activities: a. Capacity for independent living. b. Economic self-sufficiency. c. Learning. d. Mobility. e. Receptive and expressive language. f. Self care. g. Self-direction. (5) Reflects a need of the person for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services that are...
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16-44B-1
Commission may deem appropriate. The executive director shall serve as secretary to the Interstate Commission, but shall not be a Member of the Interstate Commission. The executive director shall hire and supervise such other persons as may be authorized by the Interstate Commission. D. The Interstate Commission's executive director and its employees shall be immune from suit and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for a claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused or arising out of or relating to an actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred, or that such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred, within the scope of Interstate Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided, that such person shall not be protected from suit or liability for damage, loss, injury, or liability caused by the intentional or willful and wanton misconduct of such person. 1. The liability of...
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26-10B-8
Section 26-10B-8 Department to provide coverage and benefits not provided by residence state; procedure for reimbursement. The State Department of Human Resources shall provide coverage and benefits for a child who is in another state and who is covered by an adoption assistance agreement made by the State Department of Human Resources for coverage or benefits, if any, not provided by the residence state. To this end, the adoptive parents acting for the child must obtain prior approval from the State Department of Human Resources and may submit evidence of payment for services or benefit amounts not payable in the residence state and shall be reimbursed therefor. However, there shall be no reimbursement for services or benefit amounts covered under any insurance or other third party medical contract or arrangement held by the child or the adoptive parents. The State Department of Human Resources shall make regulations implementing this section. Among other things, such regulations...
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26-17-103
Section 26-17-103 Scope of chapter; choice of law. (a) This chapter applies to determination of parentage in this state except for matters relating to legitimation and adoption. Nothing in this chapter supersedes or modifies Alabama law regarding the requirements contained in Section 26-10C-1. (b) The court shall apply the law of this state to adjudicate the parent-child relationship. The applicable law does not depend on: (1) the place of birth of the child; or (2) the past or present residence of the child. (c) This chapter does not create, enlarge, or diminish parental rights or duties under other law of this state. (d) This chapter does not authorize or prohibit an agreement between a woman and intended parents in which the woman relinquishes all rights as a parent of a child conceived by means of assisted reproduction, and which provides that the intended parents become the parents of the child. If a birth results under such an agreement and the agreement is unenforceable under...
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38-7-15
Section 38-7-15 Conditions precedent to bringing child into state for purposes of adoption or placement in child-care facility. (a) No person or agency shall bring or send any child into the State of Alabama for the purpose of placing him or procuring his adoption or placing him in any child-care facility, as defined herein, without first obtaining the consent of the department. The department shall have the power to impose and enforce reasonable conditions precedent to the granting of such consent. Such conditions shall be for the purpose of providing the same care and protection for the child coming into the State of Alabama for placement or adoption as are afforded to a child who is born in the State of Alabama, and such conditions shall include the following: (1) The department shall be authorized to designate an agency in another state from which said child is being brought or sent, or in which said child's parents or guardian may be found, to interview said parent or parents or...
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38-12-2
Section 38-12-2 Program established. (a) There is established a Kinship Foster Care Program in the State Department of Human Resources. (b) When a child has been removed from his or her home and is in the care, custody, or guardianship of the department, the department shall attempt to place the child with a relative for kinship foster care. If the relative is approved by the department to provide foster care services, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the department regarding foster care services, and a placement with the relative is made, the relative may receive payment for the full foster care rate only as provided by federal law for the care of the child and any other benefits that might be available to foster parents, whether in money or in services. Foster care payments shall cease upon the effective date of the kinship subsidiary payments or as provided by the department. (c) The department shall establish standards for becoming a kinship foster parent as...
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44-2-20
Section 44-2-20 Text of compact. The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially as follows: Article I. Purpose and Policy. It is the purpose and policy of the party states to cooperate with each other in the interstate placement of children to the end that: (a) Each child requiring placement shall receive the maximum opportunity to be placed in a suitable environment and with persons or institutions having appropriate qualifications and facilities to provide a necessary and desirable degree and type of care. (b) The appropriate authorities in a state where a child is to be placed may have full opportunity to ascertain the circumstances of the proposed placement, thereby promoting full compliance with applicable requirements for the protection of the child. (c) The proper authorities of the state from which the placement is made may obtain the most complete...
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