Sec. 116. REPORT ON POST ADOPTION AND SUBSIDIZED GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES

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## SEC. 116 REPORT ON POST ADOPTION AND SUBSIDIZED GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES ###

(a)In General Within 2 years 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 report on children who enter into foster care under the supervision of a State administering a plan approved under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act after finalization of an adoption or legal guardianship. ###

(b)Information The Secretary shall include in the report information, to the extent available through the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System and other data sources, regarding the incidence of adoption disruption and dissolution affecting children described in subsection

(a)and factors associated with such circumstances, including— ####

(1)whether affected individuals received pre- or post-legal adoption services; and ####

(2)other relevant information, such as the age of the child involved. ###

(c)Post-adoption Services and Guardianship The Secretary shall include in the report— ####

(1)a summary of post-adoption services and guardianship 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. ####

(2)a summary of funding and funding sources for the services in each State, including set-asides under the Promoting Safe and Stable Families program.