reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
MS Code § 93-17-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 3 - Adoption Supplemental Benefits Law|§ 93-17-67. Continuation of benefits

  If the adoptive parents of a child eligible for adoption supplemental benefits sign an adoption assistance agreement with the Department of Child Protection Services, then, whether or not they accept such benefits, Medicaid coverage shall be provided for the child under the agency's medical payment program from and after the commencement date established pursuant to Section 93-17-61 until the child's eighteenth birthday, provided that federal matching funds are available for such payment.   Any child who is adopted in this state through a state-supported adoption agency and who immediately prior to such adoption was receiving Medicaid benefits because of a severe physical or mental special need shall continue to receive such coverage benefits after adoption age eighteen (18), and such benefits shall be payable as provided under the agency's medical payment program for so long as the State Department of Child Protection Services determines that the treatment or rehabilitation for which payment is being made is in the best interest of the child concerned, but not past the age of twenty-one (21) years, provided that federal matching funds are available for such payment and that any state funds used for such payment shall have been appropriated specifically for such purpose.   Any child who is adopted in this state through a state-supported adoption agency and who immediately before the adoption was receiving Medicaid benefits because of a determination of special needs under Section 93-17-55(c)(ii) shall continue to receive the Medicaid benefits after adoption until the child reaches the age of eighteen (18) if the child is still in high school as verified by proof of enrollment and an anticipated graduation date letter from the school. If coverage is extended because the child remains enrolled in high school, the coverage shall terminate at graduation or age twenty-one (21), whichever occurs first.   If permitted by federal law without any loss to the state of federal matching funds, the financial resources of the adopting parents shall not be a factor in such determination except that payments on behalf of a child of any age may be adjusted when insurance benefits available to the adopting parents would pay all or part of such payments being made by the state, or if medical or rehabilitation services are otherwise available without cost to the adopting parents. The amount of financial assistance given shall not exceed the amount that the Medicaid Commission would be required to pay for the same medical treatment or rehabilitation.   The receipt of Medicaid benefits by an adopted child under Sections 93-17-51 through 93-17-67 shall not qualify the adopting parents for Medicaid eligibility, unless either parent is otherwise eligible under Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 93-17-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 3 - Adoption Supplemental Benefits Law|§ 93-17-69. Financial support for nonrecurring adoption expenses under certain circumstances

 The Department of Child Protection Services is authorized to provide financial support for nonrecurring adoption expenses to any person proposing to adopt a child who is a dependent of a state child-placing agency and who is in special circumstances as defined in paragraph (c) of Section 93-17-55.
MS Code § 93-17-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 5 - Interstate Agreements for Protection of Children Being Provided Adoption Assistance|§ 93-17-101. Legislative findings; purpose

  The Legislature finds that:   Locating adoptive families for children for whom state assistance is desirable, pursuant to the Mississippi adoption assistance law, and assuring the protection of the interests of the children affected during the entire assistance period, require special measures when the adoptive parents move to other states or are residents of another state; and   Providing medical and other necessary services for children, with state assistance, encounters special difficulties when the providing of services takes place in other states.     The purposes of Sections 93-17-101 through 93-17-109 are to:   Authorize the Mississippi Department of Public Welfare to enter into interstate agreements with agencies of other states for the protection of children on behalf of whom adoption assistance is being provided by the Mississippi Department of Public Welfare; and   Provide procedures for interstate children's adoption assistance payments, including medical payments.
MS Code § 93-17-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 5 - Interstate Agreements for Protection of Children Being Provided Adoption Assistance|§ 93-17-103. Development of interstate compacts; authority of Department of Public Welfare; definitions

  The Mississippi Department of Public Welfare is authorized to develop, participate in the development of, negotiate and enter into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of this state with other states to implement one or more of the purposes set forth in Sections 93-17-101 through 93-17-109. When so entered into, and for so long as it shall remain in force, such a compact shall have the force and effect of law.   For the purposes of Sections 93-17-101 through 93-17-109, the term "state" shall mean a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands or a territory or possession of or administered by the United States.   For the purposes of Sections 93-17-101 through 93-17-109, the term "adoption assistance state" means the state that is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.   For the purposes of Sections 93-17-101 through 93-17-109, the term "residence state" means the state of which the child is a resident by virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.
MS Code § 93-17-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 5 - Interstate Agreements for Protection of Children Being Provided Adoption Assistance|§ 93-17-105. Interstate compacts; requirements

 A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by Sections 93-17-101 through 93-17-109 shall contain the following:   A provision making the compact available for joinder by all states;   A provision or provisions for withdrawal from the compact upon written notice to the parties, but with a period of one (1) year between the date of the notice and the effective date of the withdrawal;   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 party state other than the one in which they are resident and have their principal place of abode;   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 state child welfare agency of the state which undertakes to provide the adoption assistance, and further, that any such agreement be expressly for the benefit of the adopted child and enforceable by the adoptive parents and the state agency providing the adoption assistance; and   Such other provisions as may be appropriate to implement the proper administration of the compact.
MS Code § 93-17-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 5 - Interstate Agreements for Protection of Children Being Provided Adoption Assistance|§ 93-17-107. Medicaid eligibility; medical assistance identification; penalties for false statement or claim; applicability

  A child with special needs resident in this state who is the subject of an adoption assistance agreement with another state and who has been determined eligible for medicaid in that state shall be entitled to receive a medical assistance identification from this state upon filing with the Mississippi Department of Public Welfare a certified copy of the adoption assistance agreement obtained from the adoption assistance state which certifies to the eligibility of the child for medicaid. In accordance with regulations of the Mississippi Department of Public Welfare, the adoptive parents shall be required, at least annually, to show that the agreement is still in force or has been renewed.   The Division of Medicaid, Office of the Governor, shall consider the holder of a medical assistance identification pursuant to this section as any other holder of a medical assistance identification under the laws of this state and shall process and make payment on claims on account of such holder in the same manner and pursuant to the same conditions and procedures as for other recipients of medical assistance.   The submission of any claim for payment or reimbursement for services or benefits pursuant to this section or the making of any statement in connection therewith, which claim or statement the maker knows or should know to be false, misleading or fraudulent shall be punishable as perjury and shall also be subject to a fine not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or imprisonment for not to exceed two (2) years, or both.   The provisions of this section shall apply only to medical assistance for children under adoption assistance agreements from states that have entered into a compact with this state under which the other state provides medical assistance to children with special needs under adoption assistance agreements made by this state. All other children entitled to medical assistance pursuant to adoption assistance agreements entered into by this state shall be eligible to receive it in accordance with the laws and procedures applicable thereto.
MS Code § 93-17-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 5 - Interstate Agreements for Protection of Children Being Provided Adoption Assistance|§ 93-17-109. Inclusion of federal aid in certain state plans

 Consistent with federal law, the Mississippi Department of Public Welfare and the Division of Medicaid, Office of the Governor of the State of Mississippi, in connection with the administration of Sections 93-17-101 through 93-17-109 and any compact entered into pursuant hereto, shall include in any state plan made pursuant to the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-272), Titles IV(e) and XIX of the Social Security Act, and any other applicable federal laws, the provision of adoption assistance and medical assistance for which the federal government pays some or all of the cost provided such authority is granted under the provisions of some law of this state other than the provisions of Sections 93-17-101 through 93-17-109. Such departments shall apply for and administer all relevant federal aid in accordance with law.
MS Code § 93-17-201 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 7 - Mississippi Adoption Confidentiality Act|§ 93-17-201. Short title

 Sections 93-17-201 through 93-17-223 may be cited as the "Mississippi Adoption Confidentiality Act."
MS Code § 93-17-203 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 7 - Mississippi Adoption Confidentiality Act|§ 93-17-203. Definitions

 The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "Agency" means a county welfare department, a licensed or nonlicensed adoption agency or any other individual or entity assisting in the finalization of an adoption.   "Adoptee" means a person who is or has been adopted in this state at any time.   "Birth parent" means either:   The mother designated on the adoptee's original birth certificate; or   The person named by the mother designated on the adoptee's original birth certificate as the father of the adoptee.   "Board" means the Mississippi State Board of Health.   "Bureau" means the Bureau of Vital Records of the Mississippi State Board of Health.   "Licensed adoption agency" means any agency or organization performing adoption services and duly licensed by the Mississippi Department of Human Services, Division of Family and Children's Services.
MS Code § 93-17-207 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 7 - Mississippi Adoption Confidentiality Act|§ 93-17-207. Release of nonidentifying information; persons eligible to receive; fee

  The bureau or the agency shall release the nonidentifying information maintained as provided in Section 93-17-205 for a reasonable fee, including the actual cost of reproduction, to any of the following persons upon request made with sufficient proof of identity:   An adoptee eighteen (18) years of age or older;   An adoptive parent;   The guardian or legal custodian of an adoptee; or   The offspring or blood sibling of an adoptee if the requester is eighteen (18) years of age or older.     Information released pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall not include the name and address of the birth parent, the identity of any provider of health care to the adoptee or to the birth parent and any other information which might reasonably lead to the discovery of the identity of either birth parent.
MS Code § 93-17-209 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 7 - Mississippi Adoption Confidentiality Act|§ 93-17-209. Search for birth parents by agency to obtain medical, social, or genetic information; fee

  Whenever any person specified under Section 93-17-207 wishes to obtain medical, social or genetic background information about an adoptee or nonidentifying information about the birth parents of such adoptee, and the information is not on file with the bureau and the birth parents have not filed affidavits prohibiting a search to be conducted for them under the provisions of Sections 93-17-201 through 93-17-223, the person may request a licensed adoption agency to locate the birth parents to obtain the information.   Employees of any agency conducting a search under this section may not inform any person other than the birth parents of the purpose of the search.   The agency may charge the requester a reasonable fee for the cost of the search. When the agency determines that the fee will exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for either birth parent, it shall notify the requester. No fee in excess of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per birth parent may be charged unless the requester, after receiving notification under this paragraph, has given consent to proceed with the search.   The agency conducting the search shall, upon locating a birth parent, notify him or her of the request and of the need for medical, social and genetic information.   The agency shall release to the requester any medical or genetic information provided by a birth parent under this section without disclosing the birth parent's identity or location.   If a birth parent is located but refuses to provide the information requested, the agency shall notify the requester, without disclosing the birth parent's identity or location, and the requester may petition the chancery court to order the birth parent to disclose the nonidentifying information. The court shall grant the motion for good cause shown.   The Mississippi Department of Health and Human Services shall provide the bureau each year with a list of licensed adoption agencies in this state capable of performing the types of searches described in this section.
MS Code § 93-17-211 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 7 - Mississippi Adoption Confidentiality Act|§ 93-17-211. Civil and criminal immunity for persons acting under Adoption Confidentiality Act

 Any person, including this state or any political subdivision of this state, and any employee, agent or representative of any agency who participates in good faith in any requirement of Sections 93-17-201 through 93-17-223 shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that results from his or her actions. In any proceeding, civil or criminal, the good faith of any person participating in the requirements of Sections 93-17-201 through 93-17-223 shall be presumed.
MS Code § 93-17-213 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 7 - Mississippi Adoption Confidentiality Act|§ 93-17-213. Promulgation of rules and regulations; fees

 The bureau shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of Sections 93-17-201 through 93-17-223 and the bureau may charge reasonable fees to implement Sections 93-17-201 through 93-17-223.
MS Code § 93-17-215 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 7 - Mississippi Adoption Confidentiality Act|§ 93-17-215. Request by adoptee for identifying information

 Any person twenty-one (21) years of age or over who has been adopted in this state may request the bureau through a licensed adoption agency providing post-adoption services to obtain and provide the identifying information regarding either or both of his or her birth parents maintained as provided in Section 93-17-205, unless that birth parent has executed an affidavit prohibiting the release of such information.
MS Code § 93-17-217 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 7 - Mississippi Adoption Confidentiality Act|§ 93-17-217. Identification and counseling of requesting adoptee; release of information by bureau

 Provided the birth parent has not filed an affidavit prohibiting the release of identifying information and before acting on a request made pursuant to Section 93-17-209 or Section 93-17-215, the agency shall require the adoptee to provide adequate identification and to submit to counseling by such agency in connection with the release and use of this information. The bureau shall release the requested information to the designated agency upon request by such agency.
MS Code § 93-17-221 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 7 - Mississippi Adoption Confidentiality Act|§ 93-17-221. Petition in chancery court for disclosure of identifying information

 The adoptee may petition the chancery court to order the agency to disclose any identifying information that may not be disclosed under Sections 93-17-201 through 93-17-223. The court shall grant the petition for good cause shown.
MS Code § 93-17-223 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 7 - Mississippi Adoption Confidentiality Act|§ 93-17-223. One birth parent prohibited from divulging identity of other parent

 In cases where only one (1) of the birth parents has authorized the release of identifying information, that birth parent shall be prohibited from divulging to the adoptee the identity, or any information reasonably calculated to lead to discovery of the identity, of the other birth parent, and shall execute a sworn affidavit stating that no such information shall be revealed. The refusal of any birth parent to comply with this prohibition shall constitute an act of bad faith under the terms of Sections 93-17-201 through 93-17-223, and such birth parent shall be subject to civil liability for the release of such information.
MS Code § 93-17-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 9 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Adoptions Act|§ 93-17-301. Short title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Mississippi Registration of Foreign Adoptions Act.
MS Code § 93-17-303 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 9 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Adoptions Act|§ 93-17-303. Registration of foreign adoptions

  A child who has automatically acquired United States citizenship following a foreign adoption and who possesses a Certificate of Citizenship in accordance with the Child Citizenship Act, Public Law 106-395, may be issued a Mississippi birth certificate upon compliance with this article and the requirements for adoptions under this chapter to the extent not superseded by this article.   A parent shall not proceed under this article if the foreign adoption has been registered or otherwise finalized by a court of this or any other state.   A parent who is eligible to obtain a decree of registration of a foreign adoption under this article may proceed pro se.
MS Code § 93-17-305 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Adoption, Change of Name, and Legitimation of Children|Article 9 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Adoptions Act|§ 93-17-305. Procedure for registration of foreign adoption decree; jurisdiction; restrictions; exceptions; forms

  An adopting parent or parents may petition the chancery court in the county having jurisdiction to register a foreign adoption decree so that it will be given full and final effect in this state. The petition and order shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section 93-17-307 unless the Supreme Court promulgates by rule a different set of forms, in which case the petition and order shall be in substantially the form set forth by court rule. As part of the Petition to Register a Foreign Adoption, a child's name may be changed from that appearing on the foreign adoption decree if all other requirements of law as to name change are met.   A foreign adoption decree previously registered or otherwise finalized by a court of this or any other state may not be registered subsequently in any court of this state.   If the chancellor, in termtime or vacation, determines that the foreign adoption can be registered, the chancellor shall sign the order and shall direct the chancery clerk to enter the date of the foreign adoption decree and identify the foreign court on the docket. A certified copy of the order, along with a copy of U.S. Government Form N-560, Certificate of Citizenship, or a copy of the child's United States passport, or both, if either or both documents are a part of the court file, shall be provided to the petitioner by the chancery clerk.   If the chancery court determines that the foreign adoption cannot be registered, the petitioner may proceed as applicable under the provisions of this chapter for adoptions generally. Reasons for which a foreign adoption cannot be registered include, without limitation, if the court determines that the foreign adoption is not a full and final adoption because the foreign-born child has been issued an IH-4 or IR-4 visa.   Adopting parent(s) who are eligible to register a foreign adoption under this article may, for any reason, proceed under this chapter as for adoptions generally.   The petition and accompanying documents, including the final decree, are confidential and are subject to rules of confidentiality as otherwise provided in this chapter for adoption records.