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42 U.S.C. § 679a — National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish, either directly or by grant or contract, a National Adoption Information Clearinghouse. The Clearinghouse shall—
(1) collect, compile, and maintain information obtained from available research, studies, and reports by public and private agencies, institutions, or individuals concerning all aspects of infant adoption and adoption of children with special needs;
(2) compile, maintain, and periodically revise directories of information concerning—
(A) crisis pregnancy centers,
(B) shelters and residences for pregnant women,
(C) training programs on adoption,
(D) educational programs on adoption,
(E) licensed adoption agencies,
(F) State laws relating to adoption,
(G) intercountry adoption, and
(H) any other information relating to adoption for pregnant women, infertile couples, adoptive parents, unmarried individuals who want to adopt children, individuals who have been adopted, birth parents who have placed a child for adoption, adoption agencies, social workers, counselors, or other individuals who work in the adoption field;
(3) disseminate the information compiled and maintained pursuant to paragraph (1) and the directories compiled and maintained pursuant to paragraph (2); and
(4) upon the establishment of an adoption and foster care data collection system pursuant to [section 679 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section679&num=0&edition=prelim), disseminate the data and information made available through that system.
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish, either directly or by grant or contract, a National Adoption Information Clearinghouse. The Clearinghouse shall—
(1) collect, compile, and maintain information obtained from available research, studies, and reports by public and private agencies, institutions, or individuals concerning all aspects of infant adoption and adoption of children with special needs;
(2) compile, maintain, and periodically revise directories of information concerning—
(A) crisis pregnancy centers,
(B) shelters and residences for pregnant women,
(C) training programs on adoption,
(D) educational programs on adoption,
(E) licensed adoption agencies,
(F) State laws relating to adoption,
(G) intercountry adoption, and
(H) any other information relating to adoption for pregnant women, infertile couples, adoptive parents, unmarried individuals who want to adopt children, individuals who have been adopted, birth parents who have placed a child for adoption, adoption agencies, social workers, counselors, or other individuals who work in the adoption field;
(3) disseminate the information compiled and maintained pursuant to paragraph (1) and the directories compiled and maintained pursuant to paragraph (2); and
(4) upon the establishment of an adoption and foster care data collection system pursuant to [section 679 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section679&num=0&edition=prelim), disseminate the data and information made available through that system.
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**(a) Advisory Committee on Adoption and Foster Care Information**
(1) Not later than 90 days after October 21, 1986, the Secretary shall establish an Advisory Committee on Adoption and Foster Care Information (in this section referred to as the “Advisory Committee”) to study the various methods of establishing, administering, and financing a system for the collection of data with respect to adoption and foster care in the United States.
(2) The study required by paragraph (1) shall—
(A) identify the types of data necessary to—
(i) assess (on a continuing basis) the incidence, characteristics, and status of adoption and foster care in the United States, and
(ii) develop appropriate national policies with respect to adoption and foster care;
(B) evaluate the feasibility and appropriateness of collecting data with respect to privately arranged adoptions and adoptions arranged through private agencies without assistance from public child welfare agencies;
(C) assess the validity of various methods of collecting data with respect to adoption and foster care; and
(D) evaluate the financial and administrative impact of implementing each such method.
(3) Not later than October 1, 1987, the Advisory Committee shall submit to the Secretary and the Congress a report setting forth the results of the study required by paragraph (1) and evaluating and making recommendations with respect to the various methods of establishing, administering, and financing a system for the collection of data with respect to adoption and foster care in the United States.
(4)
(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the membership and organization of the Advisory Committee shall be determined by the Secretary.
(B) The membership of the Advisory Committee shall include representat
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 679b
(ii) who were such victims while in foster
care; and
(4) utilize appropriate requirements and in-
centives to ensure that the system functions
reliably throughout the United States.
(d) Data collection on adoption and legal guard-
ianship disruption and dissolution
To promote improved knowledge on how best
to ensure strong, permanent families for chil-
dren, the Secretary shall promulgate regula-
tions providing for the collection and analysis of
information regarding children who enter into
foster care under the supervision of a State after
prior finalization of an adoption or legal guard-
ianship. The regulations shall require each
State with a State plan approved under this part
to collect and report as part of such data collec-
tion system the number of children who enter
foster care under supervision of the State after
finalization of an adoption or legal guardianship
and may include information concerning the
length of the prior adoption or guardianship, the
age of the child at the time of the prior adoption
or guardianship, the age at which the child sub-
sequently entered foster care under supervision
of the State, the type of agency involved in
making the prior adoptive or guardianship
placement, and any other factors determined
necessary to better understand factors associ-
ated with the child’s post-adoption or post-
guardianship entry to foster care.
(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 479, as added
Pub. L. 99–509, title IX, § 9443, Oct. 21, 1986, 100
Stat. 2073; amended Pub. L. 103–432, title II,
§ 209(c), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4459; Pub. L.
113–183, title I, § 103, title II, § 208, Sept. 29, 2014,
128 Stat. 1922, 1940.)
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AMENDMENTS
2014—Subsec. (c)(3)(E)
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