Sec. 3. Encouragement of interstate adoptions
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Section 473A(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(d)) is amended— in paragraph (1)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking and
(3)and inserting (3), and
(4); in subparagraph (B), by striking and after the semicolon; in subparagraph (C), by inserting or after the semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: subject to paragraph (4), $8,000 multiplied by the amount (if any) by which the number of interstate adoptions in the State during the fiscal year exceeds the base number of interstate adoptions for the State for the fiscal year. ; and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall 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 for the fiscal year under this section that is attributable to the amount determined under paragraph (1)(D). . Section 473A of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 673b ) is amended— in subsection (b)(2)— in subparagraph (B), by striking or after the semicolon; in subparagraph (C), by inserting or after the semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: the number of interstate adoptions in the State during the fiscal year exceeds the base number of interstate adoptions for the State in the fiscal year; ; and in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following: The term base number of interstate adoptions for a State means, with respect to any fiscal year, the number of interstate child adoptions in the State in fiscal year 2012. The term interstate adoptions means the final adoption of a child who, at the time of adoptive placement out-of-State, was in foster care under the supervision of the State or for whom an adoption assistance agreement was in effect under section 473 with respect to the child. The term receiving State means the State in which the adoptive parents reside at the time of final adoption of a child from another State. The term sending State means the State in which the child resided before being placed for an adoption in another State. . Section 473A(c) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 673b(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: A State is in compliance with this subsection for a fiscal year if the State has provided to the Secretary the following data with respect to the preceding fiscal year: The total number of interstate adoptions completed by the State with respect to children in foster care under the responsibility of the State, and with respect to each such adoption the identity of the other State involved. The total number of adoptions completed by the State with respect to children who were in foster care under the responsibility of other States, and with respect to each such adoption, the identity of the other State involved. Such other information as the Secretary may require in order to determine whether the State is eligible for an adoption incentive payment under subsection (d)(1)(D) for the fiscal year. The Secretary shall verify the data submitted by a State under subparagraph (A). .
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Encouragement of interstate adoptions
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