{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-16176","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 16176","heading":"","body":"(a) (1) Any child who is a resident of California and who is the subject of a state-only adoption assistance agreement with another state, shall be eligible to receive Medi-Cal benefits whether or not there is a cash benefit.\n(2) Any child with special needs who is the subject of a state-only adoption assistance agreement with California shall continue to be eligible for Medi-Cal benefits if the child is placed out-of-state or with his or her adoptive family, moves out-of-state, and the receiving state does not provide Medicaid benefits to the child.\n(b) The departments shall adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000. - 18999.98.]","PART 4. SERVICES FOR THE CARE OF CHILDREN [16000. - 16589.]","CHAPTER 2.6. Interstate Adoption Assistance Agreements [16170. - 16177.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"9bfec0e7deb701418b54a89d6a12adc233907304462fbe8e9331be2de44e3e5b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-16175","next":"us-ca/wic-16177"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}