Welfare and Institutions Code section 16131

It is the intent of the Legislature to conform state statutes to federal legislation, including the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (Public Law 113-183) and the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-89), and to reinvest any incentive payments received through implementation of the federal act into the child welfare system in order to provide adoption services and other legal permanency options for children.

Source: Section 16131, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=16131. (updated Jan. 1, 2016; accessed Jun. 23, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/welfare_and_institutions_code_section_16131

Original Source: Section 16131, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=16131. (last accessed May 12, 2025).