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Committee advances bill to clarify adoption agency licensing, fees and revocation rules
Summary
The Senate Human Services Committee voted 6-0 to advance House Bill 1120, which reorganizes Century Code provisions governing licensed child-placing agencies, clarifies conflict-of-interest investigations, consolidates revocation language and allows reasonable adoption-related fees to cover up to six weeks after delivery.
Bismarck — The Senate Human Services Committee on an uncontested 6-0 vote advanced House Bill 1120 on procedural and substantive changes to state law governing child-placing agencies and adoption procedures.
Kelsey Bless, a licensing unit representative for the Department of Human Services, told the committee she appeared “in support of House Bill 11 20, which was introduced at the request of the department.” She said the bill is intended to clarify Century Code sections related to adoption, reduce duplication across statutes and provide consistency for prospective adoptive parents, birth families, custodial agencies and licensed child-placing agencies.
The measure moves language about compensation and fees from Century Code 14-15-09 into section 50-12-09 to remove duplication; it amends 14-15-11 to expressly allow the department to serve as an approved source to complete an adoption…
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