Welf. & Inst. Code, § 16131 · Chapter 2.2. State Adoption Services
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 16131
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
It is the intent of the Legislature to conform state statutes to federal legislation, including the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (Public Law 113-183) and the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-89), and to reinvest any incentive payments received through implementation of the federal act into the child welfare system in order to provide adoption services and other legal permanency options for children.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 425, Sec. 25. (SB 794) Effective January 1, 2016.
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