42 U.S.C. § 679a — National Adoption Information Clearing-

Page 2423 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.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2014—Subsec. (c)(3)(E). Pub. L. 113–183, § 103, added subpar. (E). Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–183, § 208, added subsec. (d). 1994—Subsec. (c)(3)(C)(iii). Pub. L. 103–432 added cl. (iii). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 103–432 effective with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1995, see section 209(d) of Pub. L. 103–432, set out as a note under section 675 of this title. TERMINATION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 679a. National Adoption Information Clearing- house 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 informa- tion obtained from available research, studies, and reports by public and private agencies, in- stitutions, or individuals concerning all as- pects of infant adoption and adoption of chil- dren with special needs; (2) compile, maintain, and periodically re- vise 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 cou- ples, adoptive parents, unmarried individ- uals 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 pur- suant to paragraph (2); and (4) upon the establishment of an adoption and foster care data collection system pursu- ant to section 679 of this title, disseminate the data and information made available through that system. (Pub. L. 99–509, title IX, § 9442, Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 2073.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the Medicare and Med- icaid Budget Reconciliation Amendments of 1985 and also as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, and not as part of the Social Security Act which comprises this chapter. § 679b. Annual report (a) In general The Secretary, in consultation with Gov- ernors, State legislatures, State and local public officials responsible for administering child wel- fare programs, and child welfare advocates, shall— (1) develop a set of outcome measures (in- cluding length of stay in foster care, number of foster care placements, and number of adop- tions) that can be used to assess the perform- ance of States in operating child protection and child welfare programs pursuant to part B and this part to ensure the safety of children; (2) to the maximum extent possible, the out- come measures should be developed from data available from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System; (3) develop a system for rating the perform- ance of States with respect to the outcome measures, and provide to the States an expla- nation of the rating system and how scores are determined under the rating system;