AB600,32,52 48.988 (8) (a) The sending or bringing of a child into a receiving state by a the
3child's
parent, stepparent, grandparent, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt,
4or a guardian and leaving the child with any such relative or non-agency guardian
5in the receiving state.
Note: Current law provides that the ICPC does not apply to the sending or
bringing of a child into a receiving state by a parent, stepparent, grandparent, adult
brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, or a guardian and leaving the child with any such
relative or nonagency guardian in the receiving state. This Section specifies that the
ICPC does not apply to the sending or bringing of a child into a receiving state by the
child's
parent, stepparent, grandparent, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, or
guardian and leaving the child with any such relative or nonagency guardian in the
receiving state.
AB600, s. 19 6Section 19. 115.355 of the statutes is created to read:
AB600,32,11 7115.355 Assistance to schools for instruction on adoption. The
8department shall annually and upon request disseminate to appropriate public
9school staff information about materials and services available through the state
10adoption center under s. 48.551 which may serve as resources for instruction on
11adoption for pupils in grades kindergarten through 12.
Note: This Section requires DPI annually and upon request to disseminate to
appropriate public school staff information about materials and services available
through the state adoption center under s. 48.551, stats., which may serve as resources
for instruction on adoption for pupils in grades kindergarten through 12.
AB600, s. 20 12Section 20. 115.92 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB600,33,1013 115.92 (1) Any school board may establish a program for school age parents who
14are residents of the school district. The program shall be designed to provide services
15and instruction to meet the needs of school age parents, including education on the

1skills required of a parent; family planning, including natural family planning; and
2information instruction on adoption and adoption services. The instruction provided
3on adoption and adoption services shall include instruction on the options available
4and the procedures followed in independent and agency adoptions, including current
5practices regarding a birth parent's involvement in the selection of an adoptive home
6and the sharing of information between birth parents and adoptive parents,
7instruction on the impact of adoption on birth parents and children who have been
8adopted and an explanation that the adoption process may be initiated even after a
9child has been born and has left the hospital.
The program shall be coordinated with
10existing vocational and job training programs in the school district.
Note: This Section amends current law regarding school age parents programs by
requiring those programs to provide "instruction on adoption and adoption services"
rather than "information on adoption services". In addition, this Section specifies that
the instruction on adoption and adoption services must include all of the following:
1. Information on the options available and the procedures followed in
independent and agency adoptions, including current practices regarding a birth parent's
involvement in the selection of an adoptive home and the sharing of information between
birth parents and adoptive parents.
2. Information on the impact of adoption on birth parents and children who have
been adopted.
3. An explanation that the adoption process may be initiated even after a child has
been born and has left the hospital.
AB600, s. 21 11Section 21 . 948.24 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB600,33,1612 948.24 (1) (a) Places or agrees to place his or her child for adoption for anything
13exceeding the actual cost of the hospital and medical expenses of the mother and the
14child incurred in connection with the child's birth, and of the legal and other services
15rendered in connection with the adoption
items listed in s. 48.913 (1) (a) to (m) and
16the payments authorized under s. 48.913 (2)
.
Note: Under current law, any person who places or agrees to place his or her child
for adoption for anything other than the payments authorized under s. 948.24 (1) (a),
stats., is guilty of a Class D felony, which is punishable by a fine not to exceed $10,000
or imprisonment not to exceed 5 years, or both.
The bill amends this criminal provision to correspond to changes the bill makes in
children's code regarding payments related to adoption. Thus, under the bill, receiving

any payment authorized by the bill in the children's code is not grounds for criminal
prosecution.
Specifically, current s. 948.24 (1) (a), stats., prohibits any person from placing or
agreeing to place his or her child for adoption for anything exceeding "the actual cost of
the hospital and medical expenses of the mother and the child incurred in connection with
the child's birth, and of the legal and other services rendered in connection with the
adoption
".
The bill replaces the quoted language with the phrase "the actual cost of the items
listed in s. 48.913 (1) (a) to (m) and the payments authorized under s. 48.913 (2)".
Section
48.913 (1) and (2), stats., as created by the bill, authorizes proposed adoptive parents to
make various payments to a birth parent of a child or to an alleged or presumed father
of a child.
Under current law and the bill, these provisions do not apply to the adoption of a
foreign child under s. 48.839, stats.
AB600, s. 22 1Section 22 . 948.24 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB600,34,62 948.24 (1) (c) In order to receive a child for adoption, gives anything exceeding
3the actual cost of the hospital and medical expenses of the mother and the child
4incurred in connection with the child's birth, and of the
legal and other services
5rendered in connection with the adoption and the items listed in s. 48.913 (1) (a) to
6(m) and the payments authorized under s. 48.913 (2)
.
Note: Under current law, any person who makes payments other than the
payments authorized under s. 948.24 (1) (c), stats., in order to receive a child for adoption,
is guilty of a Class D felony, which is punishable by a fine not to exceed $10,000 or
imprisonment not to exceed 5 years, or both.
The bill amends this criminal provision to correspond to changes the bill makes in
the children's code regarding payments related to adoption. Thus, under the bill, making
any payment authorized by the bill in the children's code is not grounds for criminal
prosecution.
Specifically, current s. 948.24 (1) (c), stats., prohibits any person, in order to receive
a child for adoption, from giving anything exceeding "the actual cost of the hospital and
medical expenses of the mother and the child incurred in connection with the child's birth,
and of the legal and other services rendered in connection with the adoption
".
The bill replaces the quoted language with the phrase "the actual cost of the legal
and other services rendered in connection with the adoption and the items listed in s.
48.913 (1) (a) to (m) and the payments authorized under s. 48.913 (2)".
Section 48.913 (1)
and (2), stats., as created by the bill, authorize proposed adoptive parents and adoptive
parents to make various payments related to the birth and adoption of a child.
Under current law and the bill, these provisions do not apply to the adoption of a
foreign child under s. 48.839, stats.
AB600, s. 23 7Section 23. Initial applicability.
AB600,35,3
1(1) Advertising related to adoption. The treatment of section 48.825 of the
2statutes first applies to advertisements placed on the effective date of this
3subsection.
AB600,35,74 (2) Time for hearing on termination of parental rights petition filed with
5independent adoptive placement petition.
The treatment of section 48.837 (4) (a)
6of the statutes first applies to petitions filed under section 48.837 (2) and (3) of the
7statutes on the effective date of this subsection.
AB600,35,108 (3) Removal of child for adoptive placement. The treatment of section 48.64
9(1m) of the statutes first applies to the removal of a child from a foster home,
10treatment foster home or group home on the effective date of this subsection.
AB600,35,1211 (4) Time for filing petition for rehearing. The treatment of section 48.46 (1)
12of the statutes first applies to orders entered on the effective date of this subsection.
AB600,35,1313 (5) Payment of birth parents' expenses.
AB600,35,1614 (a) The treatment of sections 48.913 and 948.24 (1) (a) and (c) of the statutes
15first applies to the payment of expenses which are incurred on the effective date of
16this subsection.
AB600,35,1917 (b) The treatment of section 48.422 (7) (bm) of the statutes first applies to
18petitions for termination of parental rights filed on the effective date of this
19subsection.
AB600,35,2220 (c) The treatment of section 48.837 (1m), (2) (d) and (6) (b) of the statutes first
21applies to petitions for adoptive placement under section 48.837 (2) of the statutes
22filed on the effective date of this subsection.
AB600,35,2323 (End)
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