| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. Compliance and report. The Department of Human Services shall | | comply with 42 United States Code, Chapter 7, Subchapter IV, Part | | E, as amended, giving particular attention to the requirements | | concerning the preference for placement of children in foster | | care with relatives. The department shall report the details of | | the State's compliance status to the Joint Standing Committee on | | Judiciary by December 15, 1999. |
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| | | This bill requires the State to comply with the Adoption | | Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, as amended, especially | | with regard to the placement of children in foster care with | | relatives. This bill requires the Department of Human Services | | to report to the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary by | | December 15, 1999 on compliance with that Act. |
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