H.P. 1215 - L.D. 1744
An Act to Allow Child-placing Agencies to License Preadoptive Homes as Foster Care Homes for a Child Placed in that Home Awaiting Adoption
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §8206 is enacted to read:
§8206. Preadoptive homes as foster homes
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
A. "Foster home" means a child's home that is a private dwelling where substitute parental care is provided within a family on a regular, 24-hour-a-day, residential basis.
B. "Preadoptive parent" means a person who has entered into an agreement with a licensed private child-placing agency that has certified the person as a potential adoptive parent who will accept a child into care with the intent to adopt that child.
2. Home certification. Pursuant to rules adopted by the department, a licensed private child-placing agency may certify a preadoptive parent's home as a foster home for a child placed in that home awaiting adoption by the preadoptive parent. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.
Effective September 18, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.
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