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Committee approves creation of Indiana Adoption Services Authority, sends bill forward 10‑0
Summary
House Bill 1503 would create the Indiana Adoption Services Authority to provide financial assistance and post‑adoption supports for children adopted from foster care. The committee voted 10‑0 to move the bill forward after testimony from adoptees, adoptive parents, and adoption attorneys.
Representative Julie McGuire presented House Bill 1503, which would establish the Indiana Adoption Services Authority, a board‑governed entity to support adoption from foster care. McGuire said the authority would develop criteria to distribute financial assistance, provide post‑adoption services, accept private gifts, and prepare annual reports to the governor and Legislative Council.
"This is an initiative that has the ability to change lives, to remove barriers, and to come alongside those families who are called to love care and bring these special children into their forever homes," Representative McGuire said.
Adoption attorney Grant Kirsch, who said his family has handled adoptions in Indiana for more than 40 years, described the…
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