1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to adoption; providing for data collection 
  1.3             and best practice guidelines for conducting 
  1.4             postadoption services; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes, chapter 259. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [259.88] [DATA AND BEST PRACTICES.] 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [REQUIRED DATA FOR POSTADOPTION SEARCH 
  1.9   SERVICES.] (a) The commissioner of human services must collect 
  1.10  data from all adoption agencies for six months in order to 
  1.11  establish benchmarks to evaluate postadoption search services.  
  1.12  The data must include, but is not limited to: 
  1.13     (1) the percentage of requests resulting in successful 
  1.14  location of the other party; 
  1.15     (2) the percentage of requests resulting in successful 
  1.16  completion of the commissioner's designated form for family 
  1.17  medical and social history; 
  1.18     (3) the time from request for search to completion of 
  1.19  search; and 
  1.20     (4) the number and type of efforts used to complete the 
  1.21  search, including mean, median, and range of number of efforts 
  1.22  made. 
  1.23     (b) The data must be used to establish reasonable efforts 
  1.24  in developing the best practices under subdivision 2. 
  1.25     Subd. 2.  [BEST PRACTICES.] The commissioner of human 
  2.1   services, in consultation with the commissioner of health, must 
  2.2   develop best practice guidelines for conducting postadoption 
  2.3   services. 
  2.4      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.5      Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.