42 U.S.C. § 679a: National Adoption…

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The Secretary of Health and Human Services must set up a National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, either directly or by grant or contract. It must gather and keep research and reports about infant adoption and adoption of children with special needs. The Clearinghouse must also make and update directories of adoption resources—like crisis pregnancy centers, shelters for pregnant women, training and educational programs, licensed agencies, State adoption laws, intercountry adoption, and other adoption-related services—and share those materials. When an adoption and foster care data collection system under section 679 exists, the Clearinghouse must share the data from that system too.

Title 42, §679a

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The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish, either directly or by grant or contract, a National Adoption Information Clearinghouse. The Clearinghouse shall—

(1)collect, compile, and maintain information obtained from available research, studies, and reports by public and private agencies, institutions, or individuals concerning all aspects of infant adoption and adoption of children with special needs;

(2)compile, maintain, and periodically revise directories of information concerning—

(A)crisis pregnancy centers,

(B)shelters and residences for pregnant women,

(C)training programs on adoption,

(D)educational programs on adoption,

(E)licensed adoption agencies,

(F)State laws relating to adoption,

(G)intercountry adoption, and

(H)any other information relating to adoption for pregnant women, infertile couples, adoptive parents, unmarried individuals who want to adopt children, individuals who have been adopted, birth parents who have placed a child for adoption, adoption agencies, social workers, counselors, or other individuals who work in the adoption field;

(3)disseminate the information compiled and maintained pursuant to paragraph (1) and the directories compiled and maintained pursuant to paragraph (2); and

(4)upon the establishment of an adoption and foster care data collection system pursuant to section 679 of this title, disseminate the data and information made available through that system.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Medicare and Medicaid Budget Reconciliation

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of 1985 and also as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, and not as part of the Social Security Act which comprises this chapter.

§679a National Adoption Information Clearinghouse

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Title 42, §679a

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