The purposes of the compact are to:
(a) authorize the Department of Family and Protective Services, with the concurrence of the Health and Human Services Commission, to enter into interstate agreements with agencies of other states for the protection of children on behalf of whom adoption assistance is being provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services; and
(b) provide procedures for interstate children's adoption assistance payments, including medical payments.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Subchapter C. Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance
Article IV. Compacts Authorized
Article V. Contents of Compacts
Article VI. Optional Contents of Compacts