[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4792 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 4792

      To improve the adoption system of the District of Columbia.


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                    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

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                                 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.
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