Welf. & Inst. Code, § 16135.13 · Chapter 2.3. Adoption of Alcohol- and Drug-Exposed and HIV Positive Children
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 16135.13
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A participating county shall provide special training to recruited adoptive parents to care for eligible children. The training curriculum shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Orientation.
(2) Effect of alcohol and controlled substances on the fetus and children.
(3) Normal and abnormal infant and early childhood development.
(4) Special medical needs and disabilities.
(5) Recovery from addiction to alcohol and controlled substances.
(6) Self-care for the caregiver.
(7) HIV/AIDS in children.
(8) Issues in parenting and providing lifelong permanency and substance abuse prevention to, children with prenatal alcohol and other controlled substances exposure.
(9) Issues specific to caring for a child who tests HIV positive.
(b) Participating counties may provide the same special training to relative caretakers in the process of adopting program-eligible children.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1014, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.
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