S 2476
99th Congress
Senate
Social Welfare
Adopted children
Adoption
Children and youth
Foster home care
Government records, documents, and information
Information services
Statistics
A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to furnish, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish, statistical data relating to the incidence of adoptions.
Introduced: May 20, 1986
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May 20, 1986
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 20, 1986
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to annually furnish, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to annually publish, statistical data on adoptions finalized in the States during the preceding calendar year. Requires that such data include: (1) the number of adoptions finalized; (2) information pertaining to the adoptive children as well as their biological mothers and adoptive parents; and (3) the manner in which such children were placed for adoption.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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1
Cosponsors
1