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2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 1153: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN
22 §4245. Authority to enter into agreements


22 ME Rev Stat § 4245 (2012 through 125th Legis) What's This?

Subtitle 3: INCOME SUPPLEMENTATION HEADING: PL 1973, C. 790, §1 (AMD)

Part 4: INTERSTATE COMPACTS

Subchapter 2: ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

§4245. Authority to enter into agreements

The officers and agencies of this State and its subdivisions having authority to place children are empowered to enter into agreements with appropriate officers or agencies of or in other party states pursuant to the 2nd paragraph of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. Any such agreement which contains a financial commitment or imposes a financial obligation on this State or subdivision or agency thereof shall not be binding unless it has the approval in writing of the Commissioner of Health and Human Services in the case of the State and of the chief local fiscal officer in the case of a subdivision of the State. [1975, c. 293, §4 (AMD); 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6 (REV).]

SECTION HISTORY

1975, c. 293, §4 (AMD). 2003, c. 689, §B7 (REV).

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