§350C-4 - Contents of compacts. - Hawaii Statutes

     §350C-4  Contents of compacts.  A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter shall:

     (1)  Provide all states the option of joining;

     (2)  Permit the withdrawal from the compact upon one year written notice to all signatories;

     (3)  Provide that a state's withdrawal from the compact does not affect its responsibility to continue to provide assistance to those recipients who were receiving assistance pursuant to the compact prior to the effective date of the withdrawal; and

     (4)  Require that each case of adoption assistance under the compact be covered by an adoption assistance agreement in writing between the adoptive parents and the state child welfare agency of the state which undertakes to provide the adoption assistance. [L 1986, c 110, pt of §1]