HB 4128

REFERENCE TITLE: technical correction; adoption
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
HB 4128
Introduced by
Representative
  Blackman
AN
ACT
amending section 8-162, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to nonrecurring adoption expenses.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 8-162, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE8-162. Nonrecurring adoption expense program; funding; use of other
resources; payment
A. The department shall establish and administer a
program of payment for nonrecurring adoption expenses. Nonrecurring
adoption expenses shall be provided from monies appropriated to the department
or made available to it from other sources.
B. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, the department shall not reimburse
nonrecurring adoption expenses unless an application is approved and an
agreement is signed by the department and the applicant for nonrecurring
expenses before entry of the final decree of adoption.
C. The department may approve and reimburse these
expenses after the finalization of an adoption only in the following
situations:
1. A final decree of adoption was entered into on or
after January 1, 1987 and before the effective date of this
article september 27, 1990.
2. A final decree was entered into before January 1,
1987, but nonrecurring adoption expenses were paid after January 1, 1987.
D. For adoptions finalized between January 1, 1987
and the effective date of this article september
27, 1990, a person shall file an application by December 14, 1990. END_STATUTE