As used in paragraph (a) 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 Commissioner for Children and Families. (Added 1971, No. 219 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. April 5, 1972; amended 1973, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. April 14, 1974; 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 79, eff. May 20, 2014.)