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Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
as Amended by the
Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003
SECTION II: ADOPTION OPPORTUNITIES
Sec. 204. STUDY AND REPORT OF UNLICENSED OR UNREGULATED ADOPTION PLACEMENTS. [42 U.S.C. 5114]
[This section was amended by sec. 203 and 204 of P.L. 108-36.]
- IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide for a study (the results of
which shall be reported to the appropriate committees of the Congress not later
than eighteen months after passage of the Keeping Children and Families Safe
Act of 2003) designed to determine—
- the nature, scope, and effects of the interstate (and, to the extent
feasible, intrastate) placement of children in adoptive homes (not including
the homes of stepparents or relatives of the child in question) by persons or
agencies;
- how interstate placements are being financed across State lines;
- recommendations on best practice models for both interstate and
intrastate adoptions; and
- how State policies in defining special needs children differentiate or
group similar categories of children.
- DYNAMICS OF SUCCESSFUL ADOPTION.—The Secretary shall
conduct research (directly or by grant to, or contract with, public or private
nonprofit research agencies or organizations) about adoption outcomes and the
factors affecting those outcomes. The Secretary shall submit a report containing
the results of such research to the appropriate committees of Congress not later
than the date that is 36 months after the date of the enactment of the Keeping
Children and Families Safe Act of 2003.
- INTERJURISDICTIONAL ADOPTION.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of the enactment of the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of
2003, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a
report that contains recommendations for an action plan to facilitate the
interjurisdictional adoption of foster children.
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