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§ 35183.1. Updating an Existing Assessment of the Adoptive Applicant.

22 CA ADC § 35183.1Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

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Title 22. Social Security
Division 2. Department of Social Services--Department of Health Services
Part 2. Health and Welfare Agency--Department of Health Services Regulations
Subdivision 4. Institutions and Boarding Homes for Persons Aged 16 and Above
Chapter 3. Adoptions Program Regulations [Renumbered] (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter 5. Procedures for Agency Adoptions
Article 11. Assessment of the Applicant
22 CCR § 35183.1
§ 35183.1. Updating an Existing Assessment of the Adoptive Applicant.
Currentness
(a) (Reserved)
(b) The agency shall obtain authorization from the applicant to obtain the prior assessment.
(1) The agency shall include in the updated assessment, the name of the agency that completed the prior assessment and the date the assessment was completed.
(c) An update to an existing applicant assessment shall be completed in any of the following circumstances:
(1) In the agency's judgment, significant changes have occurred in the applicant's circumstances since the completion of the existing assessment which warrant such an update before the placement of a child in the home.
(B) Two years have passed since an agency completed the existing applicant assessment and the adoption of a child placed in the applicant's home, under the supervision of a child welfare or adoption agency, has not been finalized.
(C) Two years have passed since an agency completed the existing applicant assessment. The adoption of a child placed in the applicant's home, under the supervision of a child welfare or adoption agency, has not been finalized and a second child is being placed for adoption in the home.
(D) Three years have passed since the existing applicant assessment was completed by an agency and no child, under the supervision of a child welfare or adoption agency, has been placed in the applicant's home during that time.
(d) The agency shall complete an update of an existing assessment by following the format for an abbreviated assessment at Section 35183(b) and shall include information pursuant to Sections 35183(c) through (f), as necessary.

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Note: Authority cited: Sections 10553 and 10554, Welfare and Institutions Code; Section 1530, Health and Safety Code; and Section 8621, Family Code. Reference: Sections 361.5, 366.21 and 366.22, Welfare and Institutions Code.
History
1. New section filed 5-3-99; operative 5-3-99 (Register 99, No. 19).
This database is current through 6/21/24 Register 2024, No. 25.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 22, § 35183.1, 22 CA ADC § 35183.1
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