H.R. 5810 · 114th Congress
National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act
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This bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to direct a state receiving from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a community-based formula grant for the prevention of child abuse and neglect to establish a demonstration program through which the state:
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 14, 2016
National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act
This bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to direct a state receiving from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a community-based formula grant for the prevention of child abuse and neglect to establish a demonstration program through which the state:
- adopts a specific evidence-based, uniform, national home study program for the evaluation of prospective foster parents and adoptive parents; and
- furnishes HHS with data gathered through operation of the program.
HHS shall establish a national registry of home study reports filed by home study practitioners using an HHS-developed methodology meeting specified criteria. This registry must be accessible to state foster care and adoption agencies, or a designated entity as determined by the lead agency in the state, to assist with the selection of prospective foster parents and adoptive parents.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act
Latest action (Sep 19, 2016): Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Policy area: Families · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 14, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.