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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>375359</law_id><section_number>63.2-1401</section_number><catch_line>Compacts authorized</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="135" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Social Services Programs</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="14">Uniform Act on Adoption and Medical Assistance</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The Governor is authorized to develop, participate in the development of, negotiate and enter into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of this Commonwealth with other <span class="dictionary">states</span> to implement one or more of the purposes set forth in this chapter. When so entered into, and for so long as it remains in force, the compact shall have the force and effect of <span class="dictionary">law</span>.</p></section></text><history>1988, c. 154, &#xA7; 63.1-238.7; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
