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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 1511 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to remove barriers to the adoption of children in foster care... · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Limiting another planned permanent living arrangement as a permanency option

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Section 475(5)(C) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 675(5)(C) ) is amended by inserting only if the child has attained age 17 before (in cases where the State agency has documented . The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study and submit a report to Congress regarding— the number of children in each State (as defined for purposes of parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 621 et seq. , 670 et seq.)) that are assigned a permanency goal of another planned permanent living arrangement for the most recent fiscal year for which data are available; with respect to such fiscal years and on a State-by-State basis, the ages, gender, race, and special needs of children whose permanency goal is another planned permanent living arrangement; a review and analysis of court practices for determining that another planned permanent living arrangement is the appropriate placement for a child; information with respect to foster youths’ involvement in deciding to enter into a permanency goal of another planned permanent living arrangement, including, but not limited to, how another planned permanent living arrangement is presented as an option to foster youth, how involved foster youth are in selecting the option, and what alternative options are offered instead of another planned permanent living arrangement; and a summary of the reasons that reunification, adoption, kinship care, or guardianship were not found to be in the best interests of the child.
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