California Welfare and Institutions Code CHAPTER 2.3 - Adoption of Alcohol- and Drug-Exposed and HIV Positive Children

• Section 16135.
  The purpose of this chapter is to establish a program for special training and services to facilitate the adoption of children who are HIV positive,...
• Section 16135.1.
  (a) “Eligible child” means any child who meets the requirements of paragraph (1) or (2), and paragraph (3).(1) Any child who has a condition or symptoms resulting...
• Section 16135.10.a.
  (a) In order to promote successful adoptions of substance and alcohol exposed court dependent children, participating counties shall maintain a program of specialized training and supportive...
• Section 16135.13.
  (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...
• Section 16135.14.
  (a) The county shall determine whether a child is eligible for services pursuant to this section.(b) A participating county shall select a specialized prospective adoptive home for...
• Section 16135.16.
  The requirements of this section may be met by the implementation of the TIES for Adoption program as defined in Subdivision (b) of Section 16135.1.(Amended...
• Section 16135.17.
  Participating counties shall prepare an adoption services case plan pursuant to regulations adopted by the department and arrange for nonmedical support services. Nonmedical support services...
• Section 16135.25.
  The department shall do all of the following:(a) Develop necessary procedures and standardized programs for a specialized adoptive home training project.(b) Assist counties in coordinating sources of...
• Section 16135.30.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subdivisions (b) and (c) shall control the placement of a child pursuant to this chapter.(b) A county may place children...

Last modified: October 22, 2018