1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to adoption; requiring the listing of all 
  1.3             children freed for adoption on the state adoption 
  1.4             exchange within 20 days; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.5             1994, section 259.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 
  1.6             and by adding a subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 259.75, 
  1.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  The commissioner of human services shall 
  1.11  establish an adoption exchange, which shall include but not be 
  1.12  limited to a book, updated monthly, that contains a photograph 
  1.13  and description of each child who has been legally freed for 
  1.14  adoption.  The exchange service shall be available to all 
  1.15  ~~authorized~~ local social service agencies and licensed 
  1.16  child-placing agencies whose purpose is to assist in the 
  1.17  adoptive placement of children, and the exchange book shall be 
  1.18  distributed to all such agencies. 
  1.19     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 259.75, 
  1.20  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.21     Subd. 2.  All ~~authorized~~ local social service agencies, and 
  1.22  licensed child-placing agencies shall send to the state adoption 
  1.23  exchange, within ~~60~~ 45 days of the time a child becomes free for 
  1.24  adoption, a recent photograph and description of each child in 
  1.25  its care who has been legally freed for adoption by the 
  1.26  termination of parental rights, and for whom no adoptive home 
  2.1   has been found.  
  2.2      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 259.75, is 
  2.3   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  2.4      Subd. 2a.  All children identified under subdivision 2 must 
  2.5   be listed on the state adoption exchange within 20 days of the 
  2.6   receipt of the information from the local social service agency 
  2.7   or licensed child-placing agency. 
  2.8      Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 259.75, 
  2.9   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  2.10     Subd. 3.  Changes in the status of a child listed in the 
  2.11  state adoption exchange shall be reported by the ~~authorized~~ 
  2.12  local social service agency and the licensed child-placing 
  2.13  agency to the exchange within ten working days after the change 
  2.14  occurs.  
  2.15     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 259.75, 
  2.16  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  2.17     Subd. 4.  Children remaining registered for 12 months shall 
  2.18  have their photographs and written descriptions updated by the 
  2.19  ~~authorized~~ local social service agency and the licensed 
  2.20  child-placing agency within ten working days of the expiration 
  2.21  of the 12 months, and every 12 months thereafter.  
  2.22     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 259.75, 
  2.23  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  2.24     Subd. 5.  A child's registration shall be withdrawn when 
  2.25  the exchange service has been notified in writing by the 
  2.26  ~~authorized~~ local social service agency and the licensed 
  2.27  child-placing agency that the child has been adopted, has become 
  2.28  14 years old and will not consent to an adoption plan, or has 
  2.29  died.  
  2.30     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 259.75, 
  2.31  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  2.32     Subd. 7.  ~~An authorized~~ A local social service agency and a 
  2.33  licensed child-placing agency may voluntarily refer any child 
  2.34  legally freed for adoption to the exchange service; or the 
  2.35  exchange service may determine that the recruitment of an 
  2.36  adoptive family through the exchange book is appropriate for a 
  3.1   child not registered with the service and require the child to 
  3.2   be registered with the exchange service within ten working days.