Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1)
Public information.
(a) An adoption agency
must provide to each person making an inquiry about adoption a written program
statement that describes the services of the adoption agency and includes all
of the following information:
(A) A
description of the children normally placed by the adoption agency.
(B) Eligibility requirements for adoptive
families.
(C) Timelines for intake
screening and for being placed on a waiting list.
(D) A clear delineation of fees, charges,
contributions, or donations required to obtain adoption services.
(E) The services provided during the adoption
process.
(F) The geographical area
covered by the adoption agency.
(b) The written and electronic materials of
an adoption agency describing its adoption program must be accurate, must be
reviewed regularly for accuracy, and must include the date the material was
last updated.
(2) Cost
disclosures. An adoption agency must provide the following information
regarding the costs of an adoption:
(a) The
adoption agency must provide all of the following information to all
prospective adoptive parents:
(A) A written
schedule of estimated fees and expenses.
(B) An explanation of the conditions under
which estimated fees or expenses may be charged, waived, reduced, increased, or
refunded.
(C) When, how, and to
whom the estimated fees and expenses must be paid.
(b) Before providing an adoption service to a
prospective adoptive parent, the adoption agency must itemize and disclose in
writing to the parent the estimated fees and expenses the parent will be
charged related to each of the following:
(A)
A home study.
(B) The adoption
agency fees in the United States.
(C) Other-country program expenses, if
applicable.
(D) Translation and
document expenses, if applicable.
(E) Travel and accommodation expenses, if
applicable.
(F)
Contributions.
(G) Post-placement
and post-adoption reports.
(H)
Likely charges of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS).
(I) Legal finalization or
re-adoption expenses, if applicable
(c) The adoption agency must specify in its
written adoption contract when and how funds advanced to cover fees or expenses
will be refunded if adoption services are not provided.
(d) When the delivery of adoption services is
completed, the adoption agency must provide the prospective adoptive parents,
within 30 days following the completion of services, a detailed written
accounting of the total fees and expenditures for which the adoptive parents
will be charged by the adoption agency.
(3) Data collection requirements. An adoption
agency must maintain in a standard and accessible format all of the following
information and make it available on request:
(a) The number of adoption placements it
completes each year for the prior three calendar years, and the number and
percentage of those placements that remain intact, are disrupted, and have been
dissolved as of the time the information is provided.
(b) The number of parents who apply with the
adoption agency to adopt a child each year.
(c) The number of waiting children available
for adoption that the adoption agency is attempting to place.
(4) Mandatory reporting of
disruption and dissolution. The adoption agency must submit to the Department
on a prescribed form a written report within 14 days after a disruption or
dissolution is reported to the adoption agency if the adoption agency was
involved in the study of the family, the placement of the child, or the
supervision of the adoptive placement. As used in this rule, "dissolution"
means the termination of an adoptive placement after finalization.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
409.050, ORS
418.005 & ORS
418.240
