Minnesota Legislature
SF 2042
1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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A bill for an act
relating to adoption; providing for data collection
and best practice guidelines for conducting
postadoption services; requiring a report; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 259.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
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[259.88] DATA AND BEST PRACTICES.
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Required data for postadoption search
services.
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(a) The commissioner of human services must collect
data from all adoption agencies for six months in order to
establish benchmarks to evaluate postadoption search services.
The data must include:
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(1) the percentage of requests resulting in successful
location of the other party;
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(2) the percentage of requests resulting in successful
completion of the commissioner's designated form for family
medical and social history;
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(3) the time from request for search to completion of
search; and
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(4) the number and type of efforts used to complete the
search.
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(b) Agencies must provide the number of search requests
received during the six-month period prior to the effective date
of this bill to the commissioner of human services.
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(c) The data must be used to establish reasonable efforts
in developing the best practices under subdivision 2.
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The commissioner of human
services, in consultation with the commissioner of health, must
develop best practice guidelines for conducting postadoption
services.
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Sec. 2. new text begin REPORT.
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The commissioner must report to the legislature by February
1, 2006. The report must include an assessment of the data
gathered under section 1, subdivision 1, and the best practices
guidelines developed under section 1, subdivision 2.
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Sec. 3. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.
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