1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; creating an adoption advisory task force and requiring 
1.3 	a report.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. ADOPTION ADVISORY TASK FORCE.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Creation; membership. An adoption advisory task force is created 
1.7 	to study and make recommendations regarding content, reorganization, and recodification 
1.8 	of statutes and rules related to adoption. The task force is composed of 15 members 
1.9 	appointed by the commissioner of human services as follows:
1.10 	(1) the commissioner of health, or the commissioner's designee;
1.11 	(2) an attorney who practices adoption law;
1.12 	(3) a representative from the Minnesota Supreme Court Adoption Rules Committee;
1.13 	(4) a representative from three private social service agencies that perform adoptions;
1.14 	(5) a private practitioner who provides postadoption search and reunification 
1.15 	services;
1.16 	(6) a Department of Human Services staff member whose primary responsibility 
1.17 	is adoption and related services;
1.18 	(7) a representative of a social service agency providing adoption services for 
1.19 	minority families;
1.20 	(8) an enrolled tribal member with expertise in the Indian Child Welfare Act;
1.21 	(9) two representatives of county social service agencies;
1.22 	(10) an adoptive parent;
1.23 	(11) an adopted person identified by an adoption advocacy group; and
1.24 	(12) two birth parents identified by a birth parent advocacy group.
2.1 	The commissioner of human services, or the commissioner's designee, shall chair 
2.2 	the task force.
2.3 		Subd. 2.Expenses. Members shall not receive a per diem, but shall receive 
2.4 	reimbursement for expenses as provided in section 15.091, subdivision 6.
2.5 		Subd. 3.Duties; report. The task force shall meet on a regular basis to perform 
2.6 	the following duties:
2.7 	(a) review and report on whether the existing adoption and birth record statutes and 
2.8 	rules need to be rewritten to reflect best practice guidelines as reported to the legislature 
2.9 	in 2006;
2.10 	(b) review and report on whether existing adoption and birth record statutes and 
2.11 	rules need to be recodified; and
2.12 	(c) propose legislation to implement statutory changes in content and reorganization 
2.13 	of adoption and birth record statutes. The task force shall submit a written report with its 
2.14 	findings and recommendations to the house and senate committees having jurisdiction 
2.15 	over adoption by January 10, 2007.
2.16 		Subd. 4.Expiration. The task force expires after submission of the report required 
2.17 	by subdivision 3.