00                             SENATE BILL NO. 123                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to adoptions that include a subsidy payment by the state; eliminating                                  
02 annual review of the subsidy paid by the state after adoption of a hard-to-place child has                              
03 occurred; and providing for an effective date."                                                                         
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 47.07.020(b)(10) is amended to read:                                                              
06                 (10)  persons under age 21 not covered under (a) of this section who the                                
07       department has determined cannot be placed for adoption without medical assistance                                
08       because of a special need for medical or rehabilitative care and who the department                               
09       has determined are hard-to-place children eligible for subsidy under AS 25.23.190 -                           
10       25.23.210 [AS 25.23.190 - 25.23.220];                                                                         
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 47.07.035(31) is amended to read:                                                                    
12                 (31)  individuals under age 21 who the department has determined                                        
13       cannot be placed for adoption without medical assistance because of a special need for                            
14       medical or rehabilitative care and who the department has determined are hard-to-                                 
01       place children eligible for subsidy under AS 25.23.190 - 25.23.210 [AS 25.23.190 -                            
02       25.23.220];                                                                                                       
03    * Sec. 3.  AS 25.23.220 is repealed.                                                                               
04    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2003.