Removing Barriers to Adoption and Supporting Families Act of 2013
Latest action · Sep 17, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
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- IntroducedSep 17, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Removing Barriers to Adoption and Supporting Families Act of 2013 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to reauthorize the adoption incentive payment program through FY2018.
Adds a new adoption incentive payment for states involved in sending and receiving interstate adoptions. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to pay each state that was a receiving state for an interstate adoptive placement for a fiscal year a pro rata share of the portion of the adoption incentive payment paid to the sending state.
Requires a state to report to the Secretary data on interstate adoptions.
Directs the Secretary to develop national standards for home studies for use in evaluating potential foster and adoptive parents.
Establishes a matching rate for states adopting home study in compliance with national standards.
Limits planned permanent living arrangements to children who have attained age 17.
Directs the Comptroller General to study: (1) the number of children in each state that are assigned a permanency goal of another planned permanent living arrangement for the most recent fiscal year for which data are available; (2) the ages, gender, race, and special needs of children whose permanency goal is another planned permanent living arrangement; (3) a review and analysis of court practices for determining that another planned permanent living arrangement is the appropriate placement for a child; (4) information with respect to foster youths' involvement in deciding to enter into a permanency goal of another planned permanent living arrangement; and (5) a summary of the reasons that reunification, adoption, kinship care, or guardianship were not found to be in the best interests of the child.
Requires a state to spend an amount equal to 20% of the amount of savings from adoption assistance de-linkage to provide post-adoption and post-permanency services to children and families.
Requires the state foster care and adoption assistance plan to: (1) commit the state to engage in public-private partnerships to promote evidence-based child-focused recruitment practices that focus measurable attention on the adoption of children out of foster care with an emphasis on those children most at risk of aging out of care, and (2) encourage placement of children with siblings.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 17, 2013 to Jun 17, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Sep 17, 2013 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Jun 17, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Sep 17, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Sep 17, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6523-6524)
- Sep 17, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6523 | John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV | Sep 17, 2013 |
Research
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CRS reports 2
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Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43757 | Child Welfare and Child Support: The Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (P.L. 113-183) Archived | Report | Oct 16, 2014 |
| R43025 | Child Welfare: The Adoption Incentive Program and Its Reauthorization Archived | Report | Jul 15, 2014 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1786 | Sibling Connections Act | Related bill | Dec 10, 2013 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to remove barriers to the adoption of children in foster care through reauthorization and improvement of the adoption incentives program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Removing Barriers to Adoption and Supporting Families Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2013Introduced in Senate
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