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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 600 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To enhance pre- and post-adoption support services, and for other purposes. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | FEBRUARY13, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Ms. K |
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| 9 | 9 | | LOBUCHAR(for herself and Mr. CRAMER) introduced the following bill; |
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| 10 | 10 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL |
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| 12 | 12 | | To enhance pre- and post-adoption support services, and |
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| 13 | 13 | | for other purposes. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Adopted 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Children and Families Act’’. 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SEC. 2. ADOPTION SUPPORT SERVICES. 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) E |
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| 21 | 21 | | NSURING THEWELL-BEING OFADOPTEDCHIL-7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | DREN ANDTHEIRADOPTIVEFAMILIES.—Section 421 of 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 621) is amended— 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | end; 11 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | graph (6); and 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | lowing new paragraph: 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(5) ensuring the well-being of adopted children 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | and their adoptive families and promoting efforts to 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | prevent such children from entering the foster care 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | system through the provision of pre- and post-adop-8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | tion support services; and’’. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) P |
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| 39 | 39 | | RE- ANDPOST-ADOPTIONSUPPORTSERV-10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ICES.—Paragraph (8) of section 431(a) of such Act (42 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | U.S.C. 629a(a)) is amended to read as follows: 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(8) A |
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| 43 | 43 | | DOPTION PROMOTION AND SUPPORT 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | SERVICES.— 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 46 | 46 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘adoption 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | promotion and support services’ means services 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | and activities designed to encourage more adop-17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | tions out of the foster care system and support 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | domestic adoptions and adoptions from other 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | countries, consistent with promoting the best 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | interests of adopted children and their adoptive 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | families. Such services and activities may in-22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | clude pre- and post-adoption support services, 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | as described in subparagraph (B), that are de-24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | signed to support adopted children and their 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | adoptive families. 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 62 | 62 | | RE- AND POST-ADOPTION SUPPORT 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | SERVICES.—The term ‘pre- and post-adoption 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | support services’ means the following: 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(i) Pre-adoption support services, 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | which may include— 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘(I) direct services, including 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | training, educational support, coun-9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | seling, and other services for adoptive 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | parents and families that address 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | caregiver interests and concerns re-12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | garding common behavioral issues, 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | such as— 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(aa) issues relating to emo-15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | tional, behavioral, or develop-16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | mental health needs; 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(bb) issues relating to at-18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | tachment, identity, abandonment, 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | cultural differences, grief, loss, 20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | and trauma; and 21 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ‘‘(cc) issues resulting from 22 |
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| 82 | 82 | | birth defects due to fetal alcohol 23 |
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| 83 | 83 | | syndrome or any other substance 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | order; 2 |
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| 89 | 89 | | ‘‘(II) the provision of educational 3 |
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| 90 | 90 | | resources for adoptive parents regard-4 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ing the geographic, ethnic, and cul-5 |
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| 92 | 92 | | tural background of the adopted child; 6 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ‘‘(III) peer-to-peer mentoring and 7 |
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| 94 | 94 | | support groups that permit a newly 8 |
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| 95 | 95 | | adoptive parent to communicate and 9 |
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| 96 | 96 | | learn from more experienced adoptive 10 |
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| 97 | 97 | | parents, including programs that en-11 |
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| 98 | 98 | | hance communication between adop-12 |
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| 99 | 99 | | tive parents with children of similar 13 |
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| 100 | 100 | | geographic, ethnic, or cultural back-14 |
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| 101 | 101 | | grounds; and 15 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘(IV) the provision of informa-16 |
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| 103 | 103 | | tional resources for adoptive parents, 17 |
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| 104 | 104 | | including— 18 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ‘‘(aa) resources available 19 |
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| 106 | 106 | | through Federal and State agen-20 |
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| 107 | 107 | | cies, including information re-21 |
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| 108 | 108 | | garding benefits for children with 22 |
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| 109 | 109 | | a medical condition or a physical, 23 |
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| 110 | 110 | | mental, or emotional disability; 24 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ‘‘(bb) newsletters, websites, 1 |
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| 115 | 115 | | and other informational resources 2 |
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| 116 | 116 | | regarding adoption-related serv-3 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ices; 4 |
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| 118 | 118 | | ‘‘(cc) the establishment of 5 |
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| 119 | 119 | | lending libraries containing infor-6 |
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| 120 | 120 | | mation and resources for adop-7 |
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| 121 | 121 | | tive parents; and 8 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ‘‘(dd) conferences, discus-9 |
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| 123 | 123 | | sion groups, and seminars that 10 |
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| 124 | 124 | | are available to adoptive parents 11 |
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| 125 | 125 | | and other relevant stakeholders. 12 |
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| 126 | 126 | | ‘‘(ii) Post-adoption support services, 13 |
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| 127 | 127 | | which may include— 14 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ‘‘(I) continued provision to adop-15 |
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| 129 | 129 | | tive parents of pre-adoption support 16 |
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| 130 | 130 | | services described in clause (i); 17 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ‘‘(II) the provision of accessible 18 |
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| 132 | 132 | | and reliable respite services for adop-19 |
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| 133 | 133 | | tive parents; 20 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ‘‘(III) direct services and coun-21 |
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| 135 | 135 | | seling for adopted children, including, 22 |
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| 136 | 136 | | as appropriate— 23 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ‘‘(aa) support services for an 24 |
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| 138 | 138 | | adopted child with emotional, be-25 |
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| 142 | 142 | | havioral, or developmental health 1 |
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| 143 | 143 | | needs; 2 |
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| 144 | 144 | | ‘‘(bb) support services that 3 |
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| 145 | 145 | | address issues relating to attach-4 |
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| 146 | 146 | | ment, identity, abandonment, cul-5 |
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| 147 | 147 | | tural differences, grief, and loss; 6 |
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| 148 | 148 | | and 7 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ‘‘(cc) treatment services that 8 |
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| 150 | 150 | | are specialized for adopted chil-9 |
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| 151 | 151 | | dren, including psychiatric resi-10 |
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| 152 | 152 | | dential services, outpatient men-11 |
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| 153 | 153 | | tal health services, social skills 12 |
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| 154 | 154 | | training, intensive in-home super-13 |
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| 155 | 155 | | vision services, recreational ther-14 |
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| 156 | 156 | | apy, suicide prevention, and sub-15 |
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| 157 | 157 | | stance abuse treatment; 16 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ‘‘(IV) peer-to-peer mentoring and 17 |
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| 159 | 159 | | support groups that allow adopted 18 |
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| 160 | 160 | | children to communicate and socialize 19 |
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| 161 | 161 | | with other adopted children, including 20 |
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| 162 | 162 | | programs that provide for communica-21 |
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| 163 | 163 | | tion between adopted children from 22 |
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| 164 | 164 | | similar geographic, ethnic, or cultural 23 |
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| 165 | 165 | | backgrounds; and 24 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ‘‘(V) crisis and family preserva-1 |
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| 170 | 170 | | tion services, including crisis coun-2 |
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| 171 | 171 | | seling and a 24-hour emergency hot-3 |
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| 172 | 172 | | line for adoptive parents.’’. 4 |
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| 173 | 173 | | SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR ADOPTION PROMOTION AND SUP-5 |
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| 174 | 174 | | PORT SERVICES. 6 |
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| 175 | 175 | | Paragraph (8) of section 473(a) of the Social Secu-7 |
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| 176 | 176 | | rity Act (42 U.S.C. 673(a)) is amended to read as follows: 8 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ‘‘(8) With respect to the amount of savings (if 9 |
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| 178 | 178 | | any) in State expenditures under this part resulting 10 |
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| 179 | 179 | | from the application of paragraph (2)(A)(ii) to all 11 |
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| 180 | 180 | | applicable children for a fiscal year, a State shall— 12 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ‘‘(A) spend a significant portion of such 13 |
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| 182 | 182 | | amount to provide pre- and post-adoption sup-14 |
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| 183 | 183 | | port services (as defined in section 15 |
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| 184 | 184 | | 431(a)(8)(B)); 16 |
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| 185 | 185 | | ‘‘(B) spend the remainder of such amount 17 |
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| 186 | 186 | | to provide to children or families any other 18 |
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| 187 | 187 | | services that may be provided under this part 19 |
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| 188 | 188 | | or part B; and 20 |
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| 189 | 189 | | ‘‘(C) on an annual basis, submit to the 21 |
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| 190 | 190 | | Secretary a report that provides a detailed ac-22 |
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| 191 | 191 | | count of any services that were funded pursuant 23 |
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| 192 | 192 | | to this paragraph.’’. 24 |
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| 196 | 196 | | SEC. 4. FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR POST-ADOPTION 1 |
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| 197 | 197 | | AND POST-LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP MENTAL 2 |
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| 198 | 198 | | HEALTH SERVICES. 3 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (a) F |
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| 200 | 200 | | UNDING.—Section 436(b) of the Social Security 4 |
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| 201 | 201 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 629f(b)) is amended by adding at the end 5 |
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| 202 | 202 | | the following new paragraph: 6 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ‘‘(5) P |
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| 204 | 204 | | OST-ADOPTION AND POST-LEGAL GUARD-7 |
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| 205 | 205 | | IANSHIP MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES .—The Sec-8 |
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| 206 | 206 | | retary shall reserve $20,000,000 for grants under 9 |
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| 207 | 207 | | section 437(h).’’. 10 |
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| 208 | 208 | | (b) G |
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| 209 | 209 | | RANTPROGRAM.—Section 437 of the Social Se-11 |
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| 210 | 210 | | curity Act (42 U.S.C. 629g) is amended by adding at the 12 |
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| 211 | 211 | | end the following new subsection: 13 |
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| 212 | 212 | | ‘‘(h) P |
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| 213 | 213 | | OST-ADOPTION ANDPOST-LEGALGUARDIAN-14 |
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| 214 | 214 | | SHIPMENTALHEALTHSERVICEPROGRAMS.— 15 |
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| 215 | 215 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 216 | 216 | | N GENERAL.—From the amounts reserved 16 |
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| 217 | 217 | | for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029 under 17 |
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| 218 | 218 | | section 436(b)(6), the Secretary shall award grants 18 |
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| 219 | 219 | | or cooperative agreements under this subsection to 19 |
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| 220 | 220 | | eligible entities to— 20 |
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| 221 | 221 | | ‘‘(A) develop and implement statewide or 21 |
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| 222 | 222 | | tribal post-adoption and post-legal guardianship 22 |
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| 223 | 223 | | mental health service programs for all children 23 |
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| 224 | 224 | | who are adopted or placed in legal guardianship 24 |
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| 225 | 225 | | and their families; 25 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ‘‘(B) support public organizations and pri-1 |
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| 230 | 230 | | vate nonprofit organizations actively involved in 2 |
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| 231 | 231 | | statewide or tribal post-adoption and post-legal 3 |
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| 232 | 232 | | guardianship mental health service programs; 4 |
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| 233 | 233 | | ‘‘(C) collect and analyze data on State- 5 |
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| 234 | 234 | | sponsored statewide or tribal post-adoption and 6 |
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| 235 | 235 | | post-legal guardianship mental health service 7 |
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| 236 | 236 | | programs that can be used to monitor the effec-8 |
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| 237 | 237 | | tiveness of such services and for research, tech-9 |
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| 238 | 238 | | nical assistance, and policy development; 10 |
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| 239 | 239 | | ‘‘(D) develop and provide adoption and 11 |
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| 240 | 240 | | legal guardianship competent educational and 12 |
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| 241 | 241 | | training opportunities concerning the mental 13 |
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| 242 | 242 | | health needs of children who are adopted or 14 |
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| 243 | 243 | | placed in legal guardianship, and their families, 15 |
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| 244 | 244 | | for use by teachers, social workers, and other 16 |
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| 245 | 245 | | community mental health service providers; 17 |
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| 246 | 246 | | ‘‘(E) develop and provide materials for po-18 |
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| 247 | 247 | | tential adoptive parents and legal guardians, 19 |
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| 248 | 248 | | both for children who already reside in the 20 |
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| 249 | 249 | | United States at the time of adoption or place-21 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ment in legal guardianship and for those who at 22 |
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| 251 | 251 | | such time reside in other countries, describing 23 |
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| 252 | 252 | | the possible need for post-adoption and post- 24 |
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| 258 | 258 | | ‘‘(F) develop and provide respite care serv-3 |
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| 259 | 259 | | ices for adoptive and legal guardian families; 4 |
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| 260 | 260 | | and 5 |
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| 261 | 261 | | ‘‘(G) support research on, and development 6 |
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| 262 | 262 | | of, promising practices (as defined in section 7 |
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| 263 | 263 | | 471(e)(4)(C)(iii)) for post-adoption and post- 8 |
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| 264 | 264 | | legal guardianship mental health services. 9 |
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| 265 | 265 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 266 | 266 | | LIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED .— 10 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 268 | 268 | | N GENERAL.—In this subsection, the 11 |
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| 269 | 269 | | term ‘eligible entity’ means— 12 |
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| 270 | 270 | | ‘‘(i) a State; 13 |
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| 271 | 271 | | ‘‘(ii) a public organization or private 14 |
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| 272 | 272 | | nonprofit organization designated by a 15 |
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| 273 | 273 | | State to develop or direct the State-spon-16 |
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| 274 | 274 | | sored statewide post-adoption and post- 17 |
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| 275 | 275 | | legal guardianship mental health service 18 |
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| 276 | 276 | | program under a grant under this sub-19 |
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| 277 | 277 | | section; and 20 |
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| 278 | 278 | | ‘‘(iii) a federally recognized Indian 21 |
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| 279 | 279 | | tribe or tribal organization (as defined in 22 |
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| 280 | 280 | | the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-23 |
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| 281 | 281 | | cation Assistance Act) or an urban Indian 24 |
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| 287 | 287 | | tively involved in the development and con-2 |
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| 288 | 288 | | tinuation of a post-adoption and post-legal 3 |
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| 289 | 289 | | guardianship mental health service pro-4 |
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| 290 | 290 | | gram. 5 |
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| 292 | 292 | | IMITATION.—In carrying out this 6 |
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| 293 | 293 | | subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that each 7 |
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| 294 | 294 | | State is awarded only 1 grant or cooperative 8 |
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| 295 | 295 | | agreement under this subsection. For purposes 9 |
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| 296 | 296 | | of the preceding sentence, a State shall be con-10 |
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| 297 | 297 | | sidered to have been awarded a grant or cooper-11 |
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| 298 | 298 | | ative agreement if the eligible entity involved is 12 |
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| 299 | 299 | | the State or an entity designated by the State 13 |
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| 300 | 300 | | under subparagraph (A)(ii). Nothing in this 14 |
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| 301 | 301 | | subparagraph shall be construed to apply to en-15 |
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| 302 | 302 | | tities described in subparagraph (A)(iii). 16 |
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| 304 | 304 | | REFERENCE.—In providing assistance 17 |
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| 305 | 305 | | under a grant or cooperative agreement under this 18 |
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| 306 | 306 | | subsection, the Secretary shall give preference to— 19 |
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| 307 | 307 | | ‘‘(A) eligible entities that have dem-20 |
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| 308 | 308 | | onstrated success in increasing the level of 21 |
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| 309 | 309 | | adoption and legal guardianship competency 22 |
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| 310 | 310 | | among mental health providers, adoption and 23 |
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| 315 | 315 | | workers, adoptive parents, and legal guardians; 1 |
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| 317 | 317 | | ‘‘(B) eligible entities that plan to partner 3 |
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| 318 | 318 | | with their State mental health agency in car-4 |
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| 319 | 319 | | rying out the activities for which the grant or 5 |
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| 320 | 320 | | cooperative agreement is made. 6 |
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| 321 | 321 | | ‘‘(4) R |
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| 322 | 322 | | EQUIREMENT FOR DIRECT SERVICES .— 7 |
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| 323 | 323 | | Not less than 85 percent of funds received under a 8 |
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| 324 | 324 | | grant or cooperative agreement under this sub-9 |
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| 325 | 325 | | section shall be used to provide direct services, of 10 |
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| 326 | 326 | | which not less than 5 percent shall be used for ac-11 |
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| 327 | 327 | | tivities authorized under paragraph (1)(C). 12 |
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| 328 | 328 | | ‘‘(5) C |
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| 329 | 329 | | OORDINATION AND COLLABORATION .— 13 |
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| 330 | 330 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 331 | 331 | | N GENERAL.—In carrying out this 14 |
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| 332 | 332 | | subsection, the Secretary shall collaborate with 15 |
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| 333 | 333 | | relevant Federal agencies and adoption and 16 |
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| 334 | 334 | | legal guardianship-related working groups to 17 |
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| 335 | 335 | | promote interaction between domestic foster 18 |
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| 336 | 336 | | care agencies and private adoption agencies in 19 |
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| 337 | 337 | | other countries. 20 |
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| 339 | 339 | | ONSULTATION.—In carrying out 21 |
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| 340 | 340 | | this subsection, the Secretary shall consult 22 |
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| 341 | 341 | | with— 23 |
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| 342 | 342 | | ‘‘(i) State and social service agencies 24 |
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| 347 | 347 | | adoption, domestically or from other coun-1 |
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| 348 | 348 | | tries; 2 |
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| 349 | 349 | | ‘‘(ii) local and national organizations 3 |
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| 350 | 350 | | that serve foster and adopted youth and 4 |
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| 351 | 351 | | youth placed in legal guardianship; 5 |
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| 352 | 352 | | ‘‘(iii) health and education specialists 6 |
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| 353 | 353 | | who focus on adoption, legal guardianship, 7 |
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| 354 | 354 | | and foster care medicine; 8 |
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| 355 | 355 | | ‘‘(iv) youth who have been in foster 9 |
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| 356 | 356 | | care, adopted, or in legal guardianship, do-10 |
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| 357 | 357 | | mestically or from other countries, includ-11 |
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| 358 | 358 | | ing youth who have experienced adoption 12 |
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| 359 | 359 | | or guardianship disruptions or dissolutions; 13 |
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| 360 | 360 | | ‘‘(v) families and friends of youth who 14 |
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| 361 | 361 | | have been in foster care, adopted, or in 15 |
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| 362 | 362 | | legal guardianship, domestically or from 16 |
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| 363 | 363 | | other countries, including foster and adop-17 |
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| 364 | 364 | | tive parents and legal guardians; and 18 |
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| 365 | 365 | | ‘‘(vi) qualified professionals who pos-19 |
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| 366 | 366 | | sess the specialized knowledge, skills, expe-20 |
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| 367 | 367 | | rience, and relevant attributes needed to 21 |
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| 368 | 368 | | serve children who are adopted or placed in 22 |
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| 369 | 369 | | legal guardianship and their families. 23 |
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| 370 | 370 | | ‘‘(C) P |
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| 371 | 371 | | OLICY DEVELOPMENT .—In carrying 24 |
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| 372 | 372 | | out this subsection, the Secretary shall— 25 |
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| 376 | 376 | | ‘‘(i) coordinate and collaborate on pol-1 |
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| 377 | 377 | | icy development with relevant Department 2 |
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| 378 | 378 | | of Health and Human Services agencies 3 |
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| 379 | 379 | | and adoption and legal guardianship-re-4 |
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| 380 | 380 | | lated working groups; and 5 |
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| 381 | 381 | | ‘‘(ii) consult on policy development at 6 |
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| 382 | 382 | | the Federal level with those in the private 7 |
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| 383 | 383 | | sector engaged in the recruitment of foster 8 |
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| 384 | 384 | | and adoptive parents and legal guardians, 9 |
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| 385 | 385 | | the placement of children in foster care, 10 |
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| 386 | 386 | | for adoption, and in legal guardianship, 11 |
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| 387 | 387 | | and the provision of post-adoption and 12 |
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| 388 | 388 | | post-legal guardianship services. 13 |
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| 389 | 389 | | ‘‘(6) E |
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| 390 | 390 | | VALUATION AND REPORT .— 14 |
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| 391 | 391 | | ‘‘(A) E |
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| 392 | 392 | | VALUATIONS BY ELIGIBLE ENTI -15 |
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| 393 | 393 | | TIES.—Not later than 18 months after receipt 16 |
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| 394 | 394 | | of a grant or cooperative agreement under this 17 |
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| 395 | 395 | | subsection, an eligible entity shall submit to the 18 |
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| 396 | 396 | | Secretary the results of an evaluation to be con-19 |
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| 397 | 397 | | ducted by the entity concerning the effective-20 |
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| 398 | 398 | | ness of the activities carried out under the 21 |
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| 399 | 399 | | grant or agreement. 22 |
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| 400 | 400 | | ‘‘(B) R |
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| 401 | 401 | | EPORT.—Not later than 2 years 23 |
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| 402 | 402 | | after the date of enactment of this subsection, 24 |
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| 403 | 403 | | the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 25 |
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| 407 | 407 | | committees of Congress a report concerning the 1 |
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| 408 | 408 | | results of— 2 |
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| 409 | 409 | | ‘‘(i) the evaluations conducted under 3 |
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| 410 | 410 | | subparagraph (A); and 4 |
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| 411 | 411 | | ‘‘(ii) an evaluation conducted by the 5 |
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| 412 | 412 | | Secretary to analyze the effectiveness and 6 |
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| 413 | 413 | | efficacy of the activities conducted with 7 |
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| 414 | 414 | | grants, collaborations, and consultations 8 |
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| 415 | 415 | | under this subsection. 9 |
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| 416 | 416 | | ‘‘(7) A |
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| 417 | 417 | | DDITIONAL DEFINITIONS .—In this sub-10 |
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| 418 | 418 | | section: 11 |
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| 419 | 419 | | ‘‘(A) A |
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| 420 | 420 | | DOPTED CHILD.—The term ‘adopt-12 |
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| 421 | 421 | | ed child’ means an individual who is under 21 13 |
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| 422 | 422 | | years of age and was adopted from foster care 14 |
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| 423 | 423 | | or placed in legal guardianship through a pri-15 |
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| 424 | 424 | | vate placement agency, or from another coun-16 |
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| 425 | 425 | | try. 17 |
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| 426 | 426 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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| 427 | 427 | | DOPTION AND LEGAL GUARDIAN -18 |
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| 428 | 428 | | SHIP COMPETENCY .—The term ‘adoption and 19 |
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| 429 | 429 | | legal guardianship competency’ means an un-20 |
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| 430 | 430 | | derstanding of— 21 |
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| 431 | 431 | | ‘‘(i) the nature of adoption and legal 22 |
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| 432 | 432 | | guardianship as a form of family formation 23 |
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| 433 | 433 | | and the different types of adoption and 24 |
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| 434 | 434 | | legal guardianship; 25 |
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| 438 | 438 | | ‘‘(ii) relevant emotional and physical 1 |
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| 439 | 439 | | issues involved in the adoption or legal 2 |
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| 440 | 440 | | guardianship process, including issues re-3 |
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| 441 | 441 | | lating to separation, loss, attachment, 4 |
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| 442 | 442 | | abuse, trauma, and neglect; 5 |
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| 443 | 443 | | ‘‘(iii) common developmental chal-6 |
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| 444 | 444 | | lenges associated with adoption and legal 7 |
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| 445 | 445 | | guardianship; 8 |
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| 446 | 446 | | ‘‘(iv) the characteristics and skills 9 |
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| 447 | 447 | | that allow for successful adoptive and legal 10 |
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| 448 | 448 | | guardianship families; 11 |
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| 449 | 449 | | ‘‘(v) proper sensitivity with respect to 12 |
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| 450 | 450 | | the different geographic, ethnic, or cultural 13 |
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| 451 | 451 | | backgrounds of children who are adopted 14 |
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| 452 | 452 | | or placed in legal guardianship and their 15 |
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| 453 | 453 | | families; and 16 |
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| 454 | 454 | | ‘‘(vi) the necessary skills for effec-17 |
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| 455 | 455 | | tively advocating on behalf of birth and 18 |
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| 456 | 456 | | adoptive and legal guardian families. 19 |
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| 457 | 457 | | ‘‘(C) P |
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| 458 | 458 | | OST-ADOPTION AND POST -LEGAL 20 |
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| 459 | 459 | | GUARDIANSHIP MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES .— 21 |
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| 460 | 460 | | The term ‘post-adoption and post-legal guard-22 |
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| 461 | 461 | | ianship mental health services’ includes— 23 |
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| 462 | 462 | | ‘‘(i) adoption and legal guardianship 24 |
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| 463 | 463 | | competent mental health direct services, in-25 |
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| 467 | 467 | | cluding training, educational support, 1 |
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| 468 | 468 | | counseling, and other services for adoptive 2 |
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| 469 | 469 | | and legal guardian parents and families 3 |
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| 470 | 470 | | that address caregiver interests and con-4 |
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| 471 | 471 | | cerns regarding child behavioral issues that 5 |
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| 472 | 472 | | are common among children who are 6 |
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| 473 | 473 | | adopted, placed in legal guardianship, or 7 |
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| 474 | 474 | | placed in foster care, including, as appro-8 |
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| 475 | 475 | | priate— 9 |
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| 476 | 476 | | ‘‘(I) caring for a child who is 10 |
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| 477 | 477 | | adopted or placed in legal guardian-11 |
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| 478 | 478 | | ship and has emotional, behavioral, or 12 |
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| 479 | 479 | | developmental health needs; and 13 |
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| 480 | 480 | | ‘‘(II) providing for the emotional 14 |
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| 481 | 481 | | needs of a child who is adopted or 15 |
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| 482 | 482 | | placed in legal guardianship, including 16 |
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| 483 | 483 | | issues relating to attachment, identity, 17 |
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| 484 | 484 | | abandonment, cultural differences, 18 |
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| 485 | 485 | | grief, loss, and trauma; 19 |
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| 486 | 486 | | ‘‘(ii) peer-to-peer mentoring and sup-20 |
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| 487 | 487 | | port groups that permit a newly adoptive 21 |
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| 488 | 488 | | parent or legal guardian to communicate 22 |
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| 489 | 489 | | and learn from more experienced adoptive 23 |
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| 490 | 490 | | parents or legal guardians; 24 |
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| 494 | 494 | | ‘‘(iii) the provision of informational 1 |
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| 495 | 495 | | resources and available services for adop-2 |
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| 496 | 496 | | tive parents or legal guardians; 3 |
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| 497 | 497 | | ‘‘(iv) direct services, including coun-4 |
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| 498 | 498 | | seling, peer-to-peer mentoring and support 5 |
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| 499 | 499 | | groups, and other services for children who 6 |
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| 500 | 500 | | are adopted or placed in legal guardianship 7 |
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| 501 | 501 | | that address common behavioral and ad-8 |
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| 502 | 502 | | justment issues, including, as appro-9 |
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| 503 | 503 | | priate— 10 |
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| 504 | 504 | | ‘‘(I) support services for a child 11 |
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| 505 | 505 | | who is adopted or placed in legal 12 |
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| 506 | 506 | | guardianship with emotional, behav-13 |
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| 507 | 507 | | ioral, or developmental health needs; 14 |
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| 508 | 508 | | ‘‘(II) support services that ad-15 |
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| 509 | 509 | | dress the emotional needs of a child 16 |
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| 510 | 510 | | who is adopted or placed in legal 17 |
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| 511 | 511 | | guardianship, including issues relating 18 |
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| 512 | 512 | | to attachment, identity, abandonment, 19 |
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| 513 | 513 | | cultural differences, grief, loss, and 20 |
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| 514 | 514 | | trauma; and 21 |
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| 515 | 515 | | ‘‘(III) treatment services that are 22 |
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| 516 | 516 | | specialized for children who are adopt-23 |
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| 517 | 517 | | ed or placed in legal guardianship, in-24 |
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| 518 | 518 | | cluding psychiatric residential serv-25 |
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| 522 | 522 | | ices, outpatient mental health services, 1 |
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| 523 | 523 | | social skills training, intensive in- 2 |
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| 524 | 524 | | home supervision services, recreational 3 |
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| 525 | 525 | | therapy, suicide prevention, and sub-4 |
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| 526 | 526 | | stance abuse treatment; 5 |
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| 527 | 527 | | ‘‘(v) peer-to-peer mentoring and sup-6 |
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| 528 | 528 | | port groups that allow children who are 7 |
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| 529 | 529 | | adopted or placed in legal guardianship 8 |
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| 530 | 530 | | communicate and socialize with other such 9 |
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| 531 | 531 | | children; and 10 |
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| 532 | 532 | | ‘‘(vi) crisis intervention and family 11 |
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| 533 | 533 | | preservation services.’’. 12 |
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| 534 | 534 | | SEC. 5. DATA COLLECTION ON ADOPTION DISRUPTION AND 13 |
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| 535 | 535 | | DISSOLUTION. 14 |
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| 536 | 536 | | (a) I |
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| 537 | 537 | | NGENERAL.—Section 479 of the Social Security 15 |
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| 538 | 538 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 679) is amended by adding at the end the 16 |
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| 539 | 539 | | following new subsection: 17 |
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| 540 | 540 | | ‘‘(e)(1) Not later than 12 months after the date of 18 |
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| 541 | 541 | | enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall, as part 19 |
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| 542 | 542 | | of the data collection system established under this sec-20 |
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| 543 | 543 | | tion, promulgate final regulations providing for the collec-21 |
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| 544 | 544 | | tion and analysis of information regarding children who 22 |
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| 545 | 545 | | enter into State custody as a result of the disruption of 23 |
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| 546 | 546 | | a placement for adoption or the dissolution of an adoption, 24 |
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| 547 | 547 | | which shall require States to collect and report— 25 |
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| 551 | 551 | | ‘‘(A) information on children who are adopted 1 |
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| 552 | 552 | | within the United States or from other countries and 2 |
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| 553 | 553 | | who enter into State custody as a result of the dis-3 |
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| 554 | 554 | | ruption of a placement for adoption or the dissolu-4 |
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| 555 | 555 | | tion of an adoption, including— 5 |
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| 556 | 556 | | ‘‘(i) the number of children who enter into 6 |
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| 557 | 557 | | State custody as a result of— 7 |
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| 558 | 558 | | ‘‘(I) the disruption of placement for 8 |
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| 559 | 559 | | adoption; or 9 |
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| 560 | 560 | | ‘‘(II) the dissolution of an adoption; 10 |
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| 561 | 561 | | and 11 |
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| 562 | 562 | | ‘‘(ii) for each child identified under clause 12 |
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| 563 | 563 | | (i)— 13 |
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| 564 | 564 | | ‘‘(I) as applicable, the country of birth 14 |
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| 565 | 565 | | for any child who was not born in the 15 |
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| 566 | 566 | | United States; 16 |
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| 567 | 567 | | ‘‘(II) the length of the adoption place-17 |
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| 568 | 568 | | ment prior to disruption or dissolution; 18 |
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| 569 | 569 | | ‘‘(III) the age of the child at the time 19 |
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| 570 | 570 | | of the disruption or dissolution; 20 |
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| 571 | 571 | | ‘‘(IV) the reason for the disruption or 21 |
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| 572 | 572 | | dissolution; and 22 |
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| 573 | 573 | | ‘‘(V) the agencies who handled the 23 |
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| 574 | 574 | | placement for adoption; and 24 |
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| 578 | 578 | | ‘‘(B) such other information as determined ap-1 |
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| 579 | 579 | | propriate by the Secretary. 2 |
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| 580 | 580 | | ‘‘(2) The information described in paragraph (1) 3 |
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| 581 | 581 | | shall be used— 4 |
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| 582 | 582 | | ‘‘(A) to consolidate and expand the collection of 5 |
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| 583 | 583 | | information on adoption disruption and dissolution; 6 |
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| 584 | 584 | | ‘‘(B) to improve research and data collection 7 |
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| 585 | 585 | | systems in order to more accurately determine and 8 |
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| 586 | 586 | | measure the rates, outcomes, and causes of adoption 9 |
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| 587 | 587 | | disruption and dissolution; 10 |
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| 588 | 588 | | ‘‘(C) to identify pre- and post-adoption support 11 |
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| 589 | 589 | | services (including services described in section 12 |
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| 590 | 590 | | 431(a)(8)(B) (as amended by the Supporting Adopt-13 |
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| 591 | 591 | | ed Children and Families Act)) that result in lower 14 |
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| 592 | 592 | | rates of disruption and dissolution of adoptions; 15 |
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| 593 | 593 | | ‘‘(D) to develop an understanding of the rela-16 |
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| 594 | 594 | | tionship between the rate of incidence of adoption 17 |
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| 595 | 595 | | disruptions and dissolutions and the support services 18 |
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| 596 | 596 | | that are provided to adoptive families in order to 19 |
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| 597 | 597 | | identify and develop effective evidence-based strate-20 |
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| 598 | 598 | | gies, programs, and support services that help to 21 |
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| 599 | 599 | | prevent adoption disruption and dissolution; and 22 |
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| 600 | 600 | | ‘‘(E) to develop and enhance training and edu-23 |
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| 601 | 601 | | cational services regarding strategies for prevention 24 |
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| 602 | 602 | | of adoption disruption and dissolution. 25 |
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| 606 | 606 | | ‘‘(3)(A) Not later than 6 months after the date of 1 |
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| 607 | 607 | | enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall, subject 2 |
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| 608 | 608 | | to subparagraph (B), establish an advisory committee to 3 |
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| 609 | 609 | | study methods to effectively collect data regarding disrup-4 |
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| 610 | 610 | | tion and dissolution of adoptions that are not included in 5 |
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| 611 | 611 | | the data collection system established under this section, 6 |
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| 612 | 612 | | including— 7 |
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| 613 | 613 | | ‘‘(i) data on children whose adoptions are dis-8 |
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| 614 | 614 | | rupted or dissolved but do not enter into State cus-9 |
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| 615 | 615 | | tody as a result of such disruption or dissolution; 10 |
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| 616 | 616 | | ‘‘(ii) data on adoption displacements, whereby 11 |
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| 617 | 617 | | an adopted child is temporarily placed out of the 12 |
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| 618 | 618 | | home of an adoptive parent in order to receive med-13 |
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| 619 | 619 | | ical, mental health, behavioral, or other forms of 14 |
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| 620 | 620 | | treatment; and 15 |
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| 621 | 621 | | ‘‘(iii) such other data as determined appropriate 16 |
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| 622 | 622 | | by the Secretary. 17 |
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| 623 | 623 | | ‘‘(B) The membership and organization of the advi-18 |
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| 624 | 624 | | sory committee described in subparagraph (A) shall be de-19 |
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| 625 | 625 | | termined by the Secretary and shall include— 20 |
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| 626 | 626 | | ‘‘(i) State and child welfare agencies that are 21 |
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| 627 | 627 | | engaged in the placement of children for adoption 22 |
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| 628 | 628 | | domestically or from other countries; 23 |
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| 629 | 629 | | ‘‘(ii) local and national organizations that serve 24 |
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| 630 | 630 | | adopted children and children in foster care; and 25 |
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| 634 | 634 | | ‘‘(iii) members of State and local judiciary and 1 |
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| 635 | 635 | | court staff. 2 |
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| 636 | 636 | | ‘‘(C) Not later than 12 months after establishment 3 |
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| 637 | 637 | | of the advisory committee described in subparagraph (A), 4 |
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| 638 | 638 | | the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees 5 |
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| 639 | 639 | | of Congress a report containing recommendations of the 6 |
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| 640 | 640 | | advisory committee for improvement of the data collection 7 |
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| 641 | 641 | | system established under this section.’’. 8 |
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| 642 | 642 | | (b) A |
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| 643 | 643 | | NNUALREPORT.—Section 479A(a) of the Social 9 |
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| 644 | 644 | | Security Act (42 U.S.C. 679b(a)) is amended— 10 |
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| 645 | 645 | | (1) in paragraph (6)(C), by striking ‘‘and’’ 11 |
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| 646 | 646 | | after the semicolon; 12 |
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| 647 | 647 | | (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 13 |
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| 648 | 648 | | the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 14 |
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| 649 | 649 | | (3) by adding at the end the following new 15 |
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| 650 | 650 | | paragraph: 16 |
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| 651 | 651 | | ‘‘(8) include in the report submitted pursuant 17 |
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| 652 | 652 | | to paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2026 or any suc-18 |
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| 653 | 653 | | ceeding fiscal year, national and State-by-State data 19 |
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| 654 | 654 | | on the numbers and rates of disruptions and dissolu-20 |
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| 655 | 655 | | tions of adoptions, as collected pursuant to section 21 |
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| 656 | 656 | | 479(e)(1).’’. 22 |
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| 657 | 657 | | SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 23 |
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| 658 | 658 | | (a) I |
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| 659 | 659 | | NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsections 24 |
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| 660 | 660 | | (b), (c), and (d), the amendments made by this Act shall 25 |
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| 664 | 664 | | take effect on October 1, 2025, and shall apply to pay-1 |
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| 665 | 665 | | ments under parts B and E of title IV of the Social Secu-2 |
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| 666 | 666 | | rity Act (42 U.S.C. 621 et seq., 670 et seq.) for calendar 3 |
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| 667 | 667 | | quarters beginning on or after such date. 4 |
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| 668 | 668 | | (b) D |
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| 669 | 669 | | ELAYPERMITTED IFSTATELEGISLATIONRE-5 |
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| 670 | 670 | | QUIRED.—If the Secretary of Health and Human Services 6 |
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| 671 | 671 | | determines that State legislation (other than legislation 7 |
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| 672 | 672 | | appropriating funds) is required in order for a State plan 8 |
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| 673 | 673 | | developed pursuant to part B or E of title IV of the Social 9 |
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| 674 | 674 | | Security Act (42 U.S.C. 621 et seq., 670 et seq.) to meet 10 |
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| 675 | 675 | | the additional requirements imposed by the amendments 11 |
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| 676 | 676 | | made by this Act, the plan shall not be regarded as failing 12 |
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| 677 | 677 | | to meet any of the additional requirements before the 1st 13 |
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| 678 | 678 | | day of the 1st calendar quarter beginning after the first 14 |
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| 679 | 679 | | regular session of the State legislature that begins after 15 |
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| 680 | 680 | | the date of the enactment of this Act. For purposes of 16 |
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| 681 | 681 | | the preceding sentence, if the State has a 2-year legislative 17 |
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| 682 | 682 | | session, each year of the session is deemed to be a separate 18 |
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| 683 | 683 | | regular session of the State legislature. 19 |
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| 685 | 685 | | PPLICATION TOPROGRAMSOPERATED BYIN-20 |
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| 686 | 686 | | DIANTRIBALORGANIZATIONS.—In the case of an Indian 21 |
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| 687 | 687 | | tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium that the 22 |
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| 688 | 688 | | Secretary of Health and Human Services determines re-23 |
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| 689 | 689 | | quires time to take action necessary to comply with the 24 |
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| 690 | 690 | | additional requirements imposed by the amendments made 25 |
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| 694 | 694 | | by this Act (whether the tribe, organization, or tribal con-1 |
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| 695 | 695 | | sortium has a plan under section 479B of the Social Secu-2 |
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| 696 | 696 | | rity Act or a cooperative agreement or contract entered 3 |
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| 697 | 697 | | into with a State), the Secretary shall provide the tribe, 4 |
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| 698 | 698 | | organization, or tribal consortium with such additional 5 |
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| 699 | 699 | | time as the Secretary determines is necessary for the tribe, 6 |
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| 700 | 700 | | organization, or tribal consortium to take the action to 7 |
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| 701 | 701 | | comply with the additional requirements before being re-8 |
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| 702 | 702 | | garded as failing to comply with the requirements. 9 |
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| 703 | 703 | | (d) D |
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| 704 | 704 | | ATACOLLECTION ON ADOPTIONDISRUPTION 10 |
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| 705 | 705 | | ANDDISSOLUTION.—The amendments made by section 5 11 |
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| 706 | 706 | | shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 12 |
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