SB517,13,2119 8. The sending of a child by a public child placing agency or a private child
20placing agency to another state for a visit, as defined by the rules promulgated by the
21interstate commission.
SB517,14,222 (c) For purposes of determining the applicability of this compact to the
23placement of a child with a family member who is in the U.S. armed services, the
24public child placing agency or private child placing agency may choose the state of

1the service member's permanent duty station or the service member's declared state
2of legal residence.
SB517,14,103 (d) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prohibit the concurrent
4application of this compact with other applicable interstate compacts including the
5Interstate Compact for Juveniles and the Interstate Compact on Adoption and
6Medical Assistance. The interstate commission may, in cooperation with other
7interstate compact commissions having responsibility for the interstate movement,
8placement, or transfer of children, promulgate like rules to ensure the coordination
9of services, the timely placement of children, and the reduction of unnecessary or
10duplicative administrative or procedural requirements.
SB517,14,18 11(4) Article IV - Jurisdiction. (a) Except as provided in par. (h), except when
12sub. (5) (b) 2. or 3. applies in a private or independent adoption, and except for an
13interstate placement in a custody proceeding in which a public child placing agency
14is not a party, the sending state shall retain jurisdiction over a child with respect to
15all matters of custody and disposition of the child over which the sending state would
16have had jurisdiction if the child had remained in the sending state. That
17jurisdiction shall also include the power to order the return of the child to the sending
18state.
SB517,14,2119 (b) When an issue of child protection or custody is brought before a court in the
20receiving state, that court shall confer with the court of the sending state to
21determine the most appropriate forum for adjudication.
SB517,15,322 (c) In a case subject to this compact that is before a court, the taking of
23testimony for a hearing before a judicial officer may occur in person or by telephone,
24by audio-video conference, or by such other means as may be approved by the rules
25of the interstate commission. A judicial officer may communicate with another

1judicial officer or with any other person involved in the interstate process as may be
2permitted by the codes of judicial conduct governing those judicial officers and any
3rules promulgated by the interstate commission.
SB517,15,54 (d) In accordance with its own laws, the court in the sending state may
5terminate its jurisdiction if any of the following apply:
SB517,15,86 1. The child is reunified with the parent in the receiving state who is the subject
7of allegations or findings of abuse or neglect, but only with the concurrence of the
8public child placing agency in the receiving state.
SB517,15,99 2. The child is adopted.
SB517,15,1010 3. The child reaches the age of majority under the laws of the sending state.
SB517,15,1111 4. The child achieves legal independence under the laws of the sending state.
SB517,15,1312 5. A guardianship is created by a court in the receiving state with the
13concurrence of the court in the sending state.
SB517,15,1514 6. An Indian tribe has petitioned for and received jurisdiction from the court
15in the sending state.
SB517,15,1816 7. The public child placing agency of the sending state requests termination of
17the jurisdiction of the court in the sending state and has obtained the concurrence
18of the public child placing agency in the receiving state.
SB517,15,2019 (e) When a sending state court terminates its jurisdiction, the receiving state
20child placing agency shall be notified.
SB517,15,2421 (f) Nothing in this subsection shall defeat a claim of jurisdiction by a receiving
22state court sufficient to deal with an act of truancy, delinquency, crime, or behavior
23involving a child, as defined by the laws of the receiving state, committed by the child
24in the receiving state that would be a violation of the laws of the receiving state.
SB517,16,2
1(g) Nothing in this subsection shall limit the receiving state's ability to take
2emergency jurisdiction for the protection of the child.
SB517,16,73 (h) The substantive laws of the state in which an adoption of a child will be
4finalized shall solely govern all issues relating to the adoption of a child and the court
5in which the adoption proceeding is filed shall have subject matter jurisdiction
6regarding all substantive issues relating to the adoption, except when any of the
7following applies:
SB517,16,98 1. The child is a ward of another court that established jurisdiction over the
9child prior to the placement.
SB517,16,1010 2. The child is in the legal custody of a public agency in the sending state.
SB517,16,1311 3. A court in the sending state has otherwise appropriately assumed
12jurisdiction over the child prior to the submission of the request for approval of the
13placement.
SB517,16,1614 (i) A final decree of adoption shall not be entered in any jurisdiction until the
15placement is authorized as an approved placement by the public child placing agency
16in the receiving state.
SB517,16,20 17(5) Article V - Placement evaluation. (a) Before sending, bringing, or causing
18a child to be sent or brought into a receiving state, the public child placing agency
19of the sending state shall provide a written request for assessment to the receiving
20state.
SB517,17,221 (b) For a placement by a private child placing agency, a child may be sent or
22brought, or caused to be sent or brought, into a receiving state upon receipt and
23immediate review of the required content of a request for approval of the placement
24by the public child placing agencies of both the sending state and the receiving state.

1The required content that must accompany that request for approval shall include
2all of the following:
SB517,17,53 1. A request for approval of the placement signed by the person requesting the
4approval that identifies the child, the birth parents, the prospective adoptive
5parents, and the supervising agency.
SB517,17,86 2. The appropriate consents or relinquishments signed by the birth parents in
7accordance with the laws of the sending state or, where permitted, the laws of the
8state where the adoption will be finalized.
SB517,17,129 3. Certification by a licensed attorney or authorized agent of a private adoption
10agency that the consent or relinquishment is in compliance with the applicable laws
11of the sending state or, where permitted, the laws of the state where the adoption will
12be finalized.
SB517,17,1313 4. A home study.
SB517,17,1514 5. An acknowledgment signed by the prospective adoptive parents that the
15placement is a legal risk placement.
SB517,17,2116 (c) The sending state and the receiving state may request additional
17information or documentation prior to finalization of an approved placement, but the
18sending state and receiving state may not delay travel by the prospective adoptive
19parents with the child if the required content under par. (b) 1. to 5. has been
20submitted, received, and reviewed by the public child placing agencies in both the
21sending state and the receiving state.
SB517,17,2422 (d) The approval of the public child placing agency in the receiving state for a
23provisional placement or an approved placement is required as provided for in the
24rules of the interstate commission.
SB517,18,3
1(e) The request for assessment shall contain all information and be in such form
2as provided for in the rules of the interstate commission and the procedures for
3making a request shall be as provided in those rules.
SB517,18,94 (f) Upon receipt of a request from the public child placing agency of the sending
5state, the receiving state shall initiate an assessment of the proposed placement to
6determine the safety and suitability of that placement. If the proposed placement
7is a placement with a relative, the public child placing agency of the sending state
8may request a determination of whether the placement qualifies as a provisional
9placement.
SB517,18,1310 (g) The public child placing agency in the receiving state may request from the
11public child placing agency or the private child placing agency in the sending state,
12and shall be entitled to receive, supporting or additional information as necessary
13to complete the assessment or approve the placement.
SB517,18,1714 (h) The public child placing agency in the receiving state shall approve a
15provisional placement and complete or arrange for the completion of the assessment
16within the time frames established in rules promulgated by the interstate
17commission.
SB517,18,2118 (i) For a placement by a private child placing agency, the sending state may not
19impose any additional requirements with respect to completion of the home study
20that are not required by the receiving state, unless the adoption is finalized in the
21sending state.
SB517,18,2322 (j) The interstate commission may develop uniform standards for assessing the
23safety and suitability of interstate placements.
SB517,19,2 24(6) Article VI - Placement Authority. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
25compact, no child who is subject to this compact may be placed into a receiving state

1until approval for that placement is obtained from the public child placing agency in
2the receiving state.
SB517,19,73 (b) If the public child placing agency in the receiving state does not approve the
4proposed placement, then the child may not be placed. The receiving state shall
5provide written documentation of any such determination in accordance with the
6rules promulgated by the interstate commission. That determination is not subject
7to judicial review in the sending state.
SB517,19,108 (c) 1. If the proposed placement is not approved, any interested party or person
9shall have standing to seek an administrative review of the receiving state's
10determination.
SB517,19,1311 2. The administrative review and any further judicial review associated with
12the determination shall be conducted in the receiving state under its applicable
13administrative procedures act.
SB517,19,1714 3. If a determination not to approve the placement of the child in the receiving
15state is overturned upon review, the placement shall be considered approved, so long
16as all administrative or judicial remedies have been exhausted or the time for
17seeking those remedies has passed.
SB517,19,20 18(7) Article VII - Placing Agency Responsibility. (a) For the interstate
19placement of a child made by a public child placing agency or state court, financial
20responsibility shall be allocated as follows:
SB517,19,2221 1. The public child placing agency in the sending state shall be financially
22responsible for all of the following:
SB517,19,2423 a. Ongoing maintenance payments for the child during the period of the
24placement, unless otherwise provided for in the receiving state.
SB517,20,3
1b. Services for the child beyond the public services for which the child is eligible
2in the receiving state, as determined by the public child placing agency in the sending
3state.
SB517,20,54 2. The receiving state shall only have financial responsibility for all of the
5following:
SB517,20,66 a. Any assessment conducted by the receiving state.
SB517,20,97 b. Supervision conducted by the receiving state at the level necessary to
8support the placement as agreed upon by the public child placing agencies of the
9receiving state and the sending state.
SB517,20,1210 (b) Nothing in par. (a) shall prohibit a public child placing agency in a sending
11state from entering into an agreement with a licensed agency or other person in a
12receiving state to conduct assessments and provide supervision.
SB517,20,1513 (c) For the placement of a child by a private child placing agency preliminary
14to a possible adoption, the private child placing agency shall be responsible as
15follows:
SB517,20,1716 1. Legally responsible for the child during the period of placement as provided
17for in the law of the sending state until the finalization of the adoption.
SB517,20,1918 2. Financially responsible for the child absent a contractual agreement to the
19contrary.
SB517,20,2120 (d) The public child placing agency in the receiving state shall provide timely
21assessments, as provided for in the rules of the interstate commission.
SB517,20,2422 (e) The public child placing agency in the receiving state shall provide, or
23arrange for the provision of, supervision and services for the child, including timely
24reports, during the period of the placement.
SB517,21,5
1(f) Nothing in this compact shall be construed so as to limit the authority of the
2public child placing agency in the receiving state from contracting with a licensed
3agency or person in the receiving state for an assessment or for the provision of
4supervision or services for the child or from otherwise authorizing the provision of
5supervision or services by a licensed agency or person during the period of placement.
SB517,21,96 (g) Each member state shall provide for coordination among its branches of
7government concerning the state's participation in, and compliance with, the
8compact and interstate commission activities, through the creation of an advisory
9council or the use of an existing body or board.
SB517,21,1210 (h) Each member state shall establish a central state compact office, which
11shall be responsible for state compliance with the compact and the rules of the
12interstate commission.
SB517,21,1513 (i) The public child placing agency in the sending state shall oversee compliance
14with the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 USC 1901 to 1963, prior to a placement
15under this compact of an Indian child.
SB517,21,1816 (j) With the consent of the interstate commission, states may enter into limited
17agreements that facilitate the timely assessment and provision of services and
18supervision of placements under this compact.
SB517,22,2 19(8) Article VIII - Interstate Commission for the Placement of Children. (a)
20There is created the interstate commission for the placement of children. The
21activities of the interstate commission are the formation of public policy and are a
22discretionary state function. The interstate commission shall be a joint commission
23of the member states and shall have all of the responsibilities, powers, and duties set
24forth in this section and such additional powers as may be conferred upon the

1interstate commission by subsequent concurrent action of the respective legislatures
2of the member states.
SB517,22,73 (b) 1. The interstate commission shall consist of one commissioner from each
4member state who shall be appointed by the executive head of the state human
5services administration with ultimate responsibility for the state's child welfare
6program. The appointed commissioner may vote on policy-related matters governed
7by this compact binding the state.
SB517,22,98 2. Each member state represented at a meeting of the interstate commission
9is entitled to one vote.
SB517,22,1210 3. A majority of the member states shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
11of business, unless a larger quorum is required by the bylaws of the interstate
12commission.
SB517,22,1313 4. A commissioner may not delegate a vote to another member state.
SB517,22,1514 5. A commissioner may delegate voting authority to another person from the
15commissioner's state for a specified meeting.
SB517,22,1916 (c) In addition to the commissioners of each member state, the interstate
17commission shall include persons who are members of interested organizations, as
18defined in the bylaws or rules of the interstate commission. Those members shall not
19be entitled to vote on any matter before the interstate commission.
SB517,22,2220 (d) The interstate commission shall establish an executive committee that shall
21have the authority to administer the day-to-day operations and administration of
22the interstate commission. The executive committee may not engage in rule making.
SB517,22,24 23(9) Article IX - Powers of the Interstate Commission. The interstate
24commission shall have the power to do all of the following:
SB517,23,2
1(a) Promulgate rules and take all necessary actions to effect the goals,
2purposes, and obligations enumerated in this compact.
SB517,23,33 (b) Provide for dispute resolution among member states.
SB517,23,64 (c) Issue, upon request of a member state, advisory opinions concerning the
5meaning or interpretation of this compact or the bylaws, rules, or actions of the
6interstate commission.
SB517,23,87 (d) Enforce compliance with this compact or the bylaws or rules of the interstate
8commission under sub. (12).
SB517,23,129 (e) Collect standardized data concerning the interstate placement of children
10who are subject to this compact as directed by its rules, which rules shall specify the
11data to be collected, the means of collection, and data exchange and reporting
12requirements.
SB517,23,1413 (f) Establish and maintain offices as may be necessary for transacting the
14business of the interstate commission.
SB517,23,1515 (g) Purchase and maintain insurance and bonds.
SB517,23,1816 (h) Hire or contract for the services of personnel or consultants as may be
17necessary to carry out its functions under the compact and establish personnel
18qualification policies and rates of compensation.
SB517,23,2019 (i) Establish and appoint committees and officers including an executive
20committee as required by sub. (10).
SB517,23,2221 (j) Accept, receive, utilize, and dispose of donations and grants of money,
22equipment, supplies, materials, and services.
SB517,23,2423 (k) Lease, purchase, accept contributions or donations of, or otherwise own,
24hold, improve, or use any property, real, personal, or mixed.
SB517,24,2
1(L) Sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon, or otherwise
2dispose of any property, real, personal, or mixed.
SB517,24,33 (m) Establish a budget and make expenditures.
SB517,24,54 (n) Adopt a seal and bylaws governing the management and operation of the
5interstate commission.
SB517,24,96 (o) Report annually to the legislatures, governors, judiciary, and state advisory
7councils of the member states concerning the activities of the interstate commission
8during the preceding year. Those reports shall also include any recommendations
9that have been adopted by the interstate commission.
SB517,24,1210 (p) Coordinate and provide education, training, and public awareness
11regarding the interstate movement of children for officials who are involved in that
12activity.
SB517,24,1413 (q) Maintain books and records in accordance with the bylaws of the interstate
14commission.
SB517,24,1615 (r) Perform such functions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the
16purposes of this compact.
SB517,24,21 17(10) Article X - Organization and Operation of the Interstate Commission.
18(a) Bylaws. 1. Within 12 months after the first interstate commission meeting, the
19interstate commission shall adopt bylaws and rules to govern the conduct of the
20interstate commission as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes
21of the compact.
SB517,25,222 2. The bylaws and rules of the interstate commission shall establish conditions
23and procedures under which the interstate commission shall make its information
24and official records available to the public for inspection or copying. The interstate
25commission may exempt from disclosure information or official records to the extent

1that disclosure of the information or official records would adversely affect personal
2privacy rights or proprietary interests.
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