25.359.18 100th Legislative Session 1005
2025 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1005
ENROLLED
AN ACT
ENTITLED An Act to modify the requirement for payment of a private home study by
the Department of Social Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 25-6-9.1 be AMENDED:
25-6-9.1. A person may not place a child in a home for adoption until a home
study has been completed by a licensed child placement agency, as defined in § 26-6-14,
the Department of Social Services, or a certified social worker eligible to engage in private
independent practice, as defined in § 36-26-17. Any person who submitted home studies
under this section or under § 26-4-15 prior to July 1, 1990, may continue to submit home
study reports without meeting the above requirements.
A home study must include a fingerprint-based criminal record check completed by
the Division of Criminal Investigation and a central registry screening completed by the
department.
A child who is in the custody of the department may not be placed in a home for
adoption until a fingerprint-based criminal record check has been completed by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, for each adopting parent.
The department shall contribute one thousand five hundred dollars towards the
cost of each home study required under this section. The necessary funding must be
budgeted and expended through the general appropriation bill, pursuant to chapter 4-7.
Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. 25.359.18 2 1005
HB1005 ENROLLED
An Act to modify the requirement for payment of a private home study by the Department of
Social Services.
I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:
House as Bill No. 1005
Chief Clerk
Speaker of the House
Attest:
Chief Clerk
President of the Senate
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate
House Bill No. 1005
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______
Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,
2025 at ____________M.
By
for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2025
Governor
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA ,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________, 2025
at _________ o'clock __M.
Secretary of State
By
Asst. Secretary of State