[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8793 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8793

      To gather data on adoptions from foster care and assess the 
 effectiveness of post-adoption services and resources provided to the 
 families, in order to identify gaps in accessible services and inform 
  strategic investments and improve outcomes for adopted children and 
                            their families.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2024

  Mr. Wenstrup (for himself and Mr. Smucker) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
      To gather data on adoptions from foster care and assess the 
 effectiveness of post-adoption services and resources provided to the 
 families, in order to identify gaps in accessible services and inform 
  strategic investments and improve outcomes for adopted children and 
                            their families.

    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 ``Foster Care Adoption Oversight and 
Support Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON FOSTER CARE ADOPTION OVERSIGHT AND SUPPORT.

    (a) In General.--Within 18 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall prepare 
and submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a written 
report on children who enter into foster care under the supervision of 
a State after prior finalization of an adoption or legal guardianship.
    (b) Contents of Report.--The Secretary shall include in the 
report--
            (1) any information available through the Adoption and 
        Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System deeloped pursuant to 
        section 479 of the Social Security Act or other data sources on 
        the incidence of adoption disruption and dissolution affecting 
        children described in paragraph (1) and factors associated with 
        such circumstances, including--
                    (A) whether affected individuals received pre- or 
                post-legal adoption services; and
                    (B) other relevant information, such as the age of 
                the child involved; and
            (2) a summary of--
                    (A) post-adoption services in each State that are 
                available to families that adopted children from foster 
                care and the extent to which the services are evidence-
                based or evidence-informed; and
                    (B) funding and funding sources for the services in 
                each State, including set-asides under the Promoting 
                Safe and Stable Families program under part B of title 
                IV of such Act.
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