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8-AN ACT
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11-ENTITLED An Act to modify the requirement for payment of a private home study by
12-the Department of Social Services.
13-BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
14-Section 1. That § 25-6-9.1 be AMENDED:
15-25-6-9.1. A person may not place a child in a home for adoption until a home
16-study has been completed by a licensed child placement agency, as defined in § 26-6-14,
17-the Department of Social Services, or a certified social worker eligible to engage in private
18-independent practice, as defined in § 36-26-17. Any person who submitted home studies
19-under this section or under § 26-4-15 prior to July 1, 1990, may continue to submit home
20-study reports without meeting the above requirements.
21-A home study must include a fingerprint-based criminal record check completed by
22-the Division of Criminal Investigation and a central registry screening completed by the
23-department.
24-A child who is in the custody of the department may not be placed in a home for
25-adoption until a fingerprint-based criminal record check has been completed by the Federal
26-Bureau of Investigation, for each adopting parent.
27-The department shall contribute one thousand five hundred dollars towards the
28-cost of each home study required under this section. The necessary funding must be
29-budgeted and expended through the general appropriation bill, pursuant to chapter 4-7.
30-Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. 25.359.18 2 1005
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32-An Act to modify the requirement for payment of a private home study by the Department of
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38-I certify that the attached Act originated in
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45-Chief Clerk
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50-Speaker of the House
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12+Introduced by: The Chair of the Committee on Health and Human Services at the request of the Department of Social
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74-House Bill No. 1005
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80-Received at this Executive Office
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87-By
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91-The attached Act is hereby
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99-Governor
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101-STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA ,
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103-Office of the Secretary of State
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15+ Underscores indicate new language.
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17+An Act to modify the requirement for payment of a private home study by the 1
18+Department of Social Services. 2
19+BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3
20+Section 1. That § 25-6-9.1 be AMENDED: 4
21+25-6-9.1. A person may not place a child in a home for adoption until a home 5
22+study has been completed by a licensed child placement agency, as defined in § 26-6-14, 6
23+the Department of Social Services, or a certified social worker eligible to engage in private 7
24+independent practice, as defined in § 36-26-17. Any person who submitted home studies 8
25+under this section or under § 26-4-15 prior to July 1, 1990, may continue to submit home 9
26+study reports without meeting the above requirements. 10
27+A home study must include a fingerprint-based criminal record check completed by 11
28+the Division of Criminal Investigation and a central registry screening completed by the 12
29+Department of Social Services department. 13
30+A child who is in the custody of the Department of Social Services department may 14
31+not be placed in a home for adoption until a fingerprint-based criminal record check has 15
32+been completed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for each adopting parent. 16
33+The cost of a home study required under this section is the responsibility of the 17
34+Department of Social Services. The department shall contribute one thousand five hundred 18
35+dollars towards the cost of each home study required under this section. The necessary 19
36+funding must be budgeted and expended through the general appropriations act 20
37+appropriation bill, pursuant to chapter 4-7. The Departmentshall make rules pursuant to 21
38+chapter 1-26 to establish a cap on the cost to be reimbursed. 22
39+Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. 23