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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>375361</law_id><section_number>63.2-1403</section_number><catch_line>Contents of compacts</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter shall have the following content: <a id="paragraph-1401221" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-1403/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A provision making it available for joinder by all <span class="dictionary">states</span>. <a id="paragraph-1401222" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-1403/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A provision or provisions for withdrawal from the compact upon written notice to the parties, but with a period of one year between the date of the notice and the effective date of the withdrawal. <a id="paragraph-1401223" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-1403/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A requirement that the protections afforded by or pursuant to the compact continue in force for the duration of the adoption assistance and be applicable to all children and their adoptive parents who, on the effective date of the withdrawal, are receiving adoption assistance from a <span class="dictionary">party</span> <span class="dictionary">state</span> other than the one in which they are resident and have their principal place of abode. <a id="paragraph-1401224" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-1403/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A requirement that each instance of adoption assistance to which the compact applies be covered by an adoption assistance agreement in writing between the adoptive parents and the <span class="dictionary">child</span> welfare agency of the <span class="dictionary">state</span> which undertakes to provide the adoption assistance, and further, that any such agreement be expressly for the benefit of the adopted <span class="dictionary">child</span> and enforceable by the adoptive parents and the <span class="dictionary">state</span> agency providing the adoption assistance. <a id="paragraph-1401225" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-1403/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Such other provisions as may be appropriate to implement the proper administration of the compact. <a id="paragraph-1401226" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-1403/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter may contain the following provisions in addition to those required pursuant to subsection A: <a id="paragraph-1401227" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-1403/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Provisions establishing procedures and entitlements to medical, developmental, <span class="dictionary">child</span> care or other <span class="dictionary">social services</span> for the <span class="dictionary">child</span> in accordance with applicable <span class="dictionary">laws</span>, even though the <span class="dictionary">child</span> and the adoptive parents are in a <span class="dictionary">state</span> other than the one responsible for or providing the services or the funds to defray part or all of the costs thereof. <a id="paragraph-1401228" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-1403/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Such other provisions as may be appropriate or incidental to the proper administration of the compact. <a id="paragraph-1401229" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-1403/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1988, c. 154, &#xA7; 63.1-238.9; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
