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House restores pre‑ and post‑placement home‑study requirement for private adoptions
Summary
House Bill 342 extends the home‑study requirement to private adoptions, aligning them with agencies’ processes and adding family exceptions. Supporters cited child‑safety organizations’ endorsements; opponents warned of added costs and urged fee caps or exemptions. Vote: 59–7.
Representative Grant D. Proxman introduced House Bill 342 to require pre‑placement and post‑placement home studies for private adoptions, bringing private placements in line with agency procedures. Proxman said the bill was drafted with input from adoption‑related organizations and framed the change as a child‑safety safeguard to prevent private placements from bypassing independent review.
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