As used in the first paragraph of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, the phrase "appropriate authority in the receiving state" with reference to this State shall mean the Department of Health and Human Services.
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 22, § 4244
Appropriate authority in the receiving state
PL 1975, c. 293, §4 (AMD)
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