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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:46:281",
  "title_number": "46",
  "section_number": "281",
  "citation": "R.S. 46:281",
  "heading": "Applicability",
  "text": "The provisions of this Subpart shall apply to persons who contract with the office of children and family services of the Department of Children and Family Services to provide temporary or long-term foster care for not more than six children.\n\nNOTE: §281 as amended by Acts 2025, No. 477, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.\n\n§281. Applicability\n\nThe provisions of this Subpart shall apply to persons who contract with the Department of Children and Family Services to provide temporary or long-term foster care for not more than six children.",
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "46",
      "name": "PUBLIC WELFARE AND ASSISTANCE"
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      "name": "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"
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      "level": "part",
      "number": "II",
      "name": "FAMILY ASSISTANCE"
    },
    {
      "level": "subpart",
      "number": "D",
      "name": "CHILDREN IN FOSTER HOMES"
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  "breadcrumb": "Title 46 › Chapter 3 › Part II › Subpart D",
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Added by Acts 1978, No. 741, §1; H.C.R. 115, 2001 R.S; Acts 2025, No. 477, §15, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.",
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