A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT the department of health and human services, division of social services, TO require a redetermination of eligibility for vendor payments ONLY IF the ADOPTION ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT specifiCALLY REQUIRES A REDETERMINATION TO RECEIVE VENDOR PAYMENTS. 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Except as otherwise prohibited by federal law, the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services, shall not require a redetermination of a child's eligibility for vendor payments under any adoption assistance agreement, as outlined in 10A NCAC 70M .0402, unless the adoption assistance agreement clearly and specifically states that a redetermination of a child's eligibility is required to receive the vendor payments.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.