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District of Columbia Adoption Improvement Act of 1998
To improve the adoption system of the District of Columbia.
Summary
- Requires DC's Child Protective Services to report to Congress within 30 days on the number of children legally available for adoption.
- Requires DC's Child Protective Services to establish a database within 90 days to track children in the system who are or may become available for adoption.
- Requires DC's Child Protective Services to contract with private service providers by September 30, 1999 to handle adoption recruitment, home studies, and placement services through a competitive bidding process.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Bliley, Tom (R-VA) [#7]
Actions (3)
- Oct 16, 1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on District of Columbia. · house
- Oct 10, 1998 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. · house
- Oct 10, 1998 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 10, 1998
Mr. Bliley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To improve the adoption system of the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “District of Columbia Adoption Improvement Act of 1998”.
SEC. 2. REPORT AND DATABASE.
(a) Report.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Child Protective Services Division of the Department of Human Services of the District of Columbia (hereafter in this Act referred to as the “Division”) shall report to Congress the number of children under the jurisdiction of the Division who are legally free for adoption.
(b) Database.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Division shall establish a database listing and tracking each child under the jurisdiction of the Division, with the goal of adoption or becoming legally free for adoption.
SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF RECRUITMENT, HOME STUDY, AND PLACEMENT FUNCTIONS TO PRIVATE SERVICE PROVIDERS.
(a) In General.—Not later than September 30, 1999, the Division shall enter into contracts with private service providers in the Washington Metropolitan Area to perform the recruitment, home study, and placement functions of the Division.
(b) Competitive Bidding.—Any contract entered into pursuant to subsection (a) shall be subject to a competitive bidding process and outcome-based outsourcing. <all>
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