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Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance
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| Compact for Adoption and Medical Assistance | |
| Formation date: | 1986 |
| Member jurisdictions: | 50 |
| Issue(s): | Children |
| Compact website | |
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The Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance is an interstate compact among 49 states and the District of Columbia. Wyoming is the only state that has not adopted the compact. The compact also has congressional consent. The compact solidified that support programs for adopted children could apply regardless of the state of residence of the child. The compact was designed to eliminate barriers that could prevent adoptive families from receiving medical assistance required by adoption agreements.[1][2]
Governance
The compact created the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance.
Text of the compact
The legislature of each member state passes the laws with certain modifications, but the core of the legislation remains the same.
See also
External links
- The Council of State Governments - National Center for Interstate Compacts
- Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance
- Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance
Footnotes
- ↑ Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance, "State information," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ Buenger, M. L. (2006). The evolving use and the changing role of interstate compacts: A practitioner's guide. Chicago, IL: Administrative Law Section, American Bar Association.
