The interstate compact on adoption and medical assistance is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the state of Idaho as a party, and is in full force and effect between the state and other states joining the agreement in accordance with its terms. ARTICLE I. FINDINGS The states which are parties to this Compact find that: ARTICLE II. PURPOSES The purposes of this Compact are to: ARTICLE III. DEFINITIONS As used in this Compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: 1. That the child cannot or should not be returned to the home of his or her parents; 2. That there exists with respect to the child a specific factor or condition (such as his ethnic background, age, or membership in a minority or sibling group, or the presence of factors such as medical condition or physical, mental, or emotional handicaps) because of which it is reasonable to conclude that such child cannot be placed with adoptive parents without providing adoption assistance; 3. That, except where it would be against the best interests of the child because of such factors as the existence of significant emotional ties with prospective adoptive parents while in their care as a foster child, a reasonable but unsuccessful effort has been made to place the child with appropriate adoptive parents without providing adoption assistance. ARTICLE IV. ADOPTION ASSISTANCE 1. An express commitment that the assistance so provided shall be payable without regard for the state of residence of the adoptive parents, both at the outset of the agreement period and at all times during its continuance; 2. A provision setting forth with particularity the types of care and services toward which the adoption assistance state will make payments; 3. A commitment to make medical assistance available to the child in accordance with Article V of this Compact; 4. An express declaration that the agreement is for the benefit of the child, the adoptive parents and the state and that is enforceable by any or all of them; and 5. The date or dates upon which each payment or other benefit provided thereunder is to commence, but in no event prior to the effective date of the adoption assistance agreement. ARTICLE V. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ARTICLE VI. COMPACT ADMINISTRATION 1. Documentation of continuing adoption assistance eligibility; 2. Interstate payments and reimbursements; and 3. Any and all other matters arising pursuant to this Compact. (2) Administrative procedures or forms implementing the supplementary agreements referred to in paragraph (c)(1) of this Article may be developed by joint action of the Compact Administrators of those states which are party to such supplementary agreements. ARTICLE VII. JOINDER AND WITHDRAWAL ARTICLE VIII. CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY The provisions of this Compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this Compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this Compact is declared to be contrary to the Constitution of the United States or of any party state, or where the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this Compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state party thereto, the Compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
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