Statute 43 149

43-149. Terms, defined.As used in sections 43-147 to 43-154, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) Adoption assistance state shall mean the state that is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case;(2) Department shall mean the Department of Health and Human Services; and(3) State shall mean a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of or administered by the United States.Source Laws 1985, LB 447, § 3; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 121.