Amendment No. am_136_2353-3

H. B. No. 865

As Introduced

__________________________ moved to amend as follows:

In line 19, delete ";"

Delete line 20

In line 21, delete "site or its successor web site"

In line 54, strike through "The" and insert "Subject to section 5103.171 of the Revised Code, the"

In line 108, delete "or are in a permanent placement" and insert ", have a court-appointed guardian, or are otherwise unavailable for adoption"

In line 112, delete "Only the department may" and insert "No person or government entity other than the department shall"

In line 117, after "child" insert "to whom both of the following apply:

(a) The agency or attorney serves the child"

In line 118, delete "and" and insert ".

(b) The child"; after "consents" insert ", in accordance with division (B)(2) of this section,"

In line 119, delete "a" and insert "the"; delete "for whom the agency or attorney provides"

In line 120, delete "services"; delete "No" and insert:

"No"

In line 121, delete "who" and insert "if the child"

In line 122, delete "In" and insert:

"(2)(a) No agency or attorney shall obtain consent from a child to create a profile unless the child is twelve years of age or older, except a child who is twelve years of age or older and part of a sibling group may consent to the creation of profiles on behalf of the child's siblings if the siblings are not able to give consent.

(b) In obtaining consent from the child, the agency or attorney shall explain to the child the child's options and rights regarding the profile in an adoption-competent, trauma-informed, and developmentally appropriate manner.

(3) In"; after "agency" insert "or attorney"

In line 124, delete "Any picture or video of a child shall be a headshot"

Delete lines 125 and 126

In line 127, delete "(b)"; delete "either" and insert "any"

In line 130, delete "A" and insert "The"

In line 133, after "use" insert ";

(iii) A picture or video of the child"

In line 134, delete "(c)" and insert "(b)"

In line 135, after "and" insert "to"; after "consent" insert ", in accordance with division (B)(2) of this section,"

In line 137, delete "(2)" and insert "(4)"

In line 149, delete ";"

Delete lines 150 through 152

In line 153, delete "5180.451 of the Revised Code"

The motion was __________ agreed to.

SYNOPSIS

Adoptable children profiles

R.C. 3107.019. 5103.17, 5103.171, and 5180.23

Requires biological parents who choose to advertise that their child is available for adoption to be subject to the bill's requirements.

Specifies that no person or government entity other than the Department of Children and Youth (DCY) can publish profiles of adoptable children.

Clarifies that an agency or attorney can create and include information in a child's profile only if the child consents to the profile creation and the information included.

Prohibits an agency or attorney from obtaining consent from a child unless the child is 12 years of age or older, except a child who is 12 years of age or older and part of a sibling group may consent on behalf of the child's siblings who are not able to give consent.

Requires an agency or attorney, in obtaining consent from a child, to explain to the child the child's options and rights regarding the profile.

Requires DCY to remove profiles of children who have a court-appointed guardianship or are otherwise unavailable for adoption, rather than are in a permanent placement.

Removes the bill's requirements regarding posting a picture or video of a child on the child's profile and expressly prohibits a child's picture or video from being posted.

Removes the bill's requirement that public children services agency (PCSA) websites link to the National Adoption Association's "AdoptUSKids" website.

Removes the bill's requirement that each PCSA annually report to DCY the total number of grants awarded under the Ohio Adoption Grant Program.