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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''At-Birth Abandoned Baby Act of
1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that--
(1) each year thousands of babies throughout the United
States are abandoned by their parents shortly after birth, such
as when a mother gives birth at a hospital under an assumed
name and address and then disappears afterwards, leaving the
baby behind, when the whereabouts of the parents are unknown,
and when babies are left to die in garbage dumpsters because
their mothers cannot care for them;
(2) babies who are abandoned during the formative months
occurring shortly after birth are denied the ability to bond
with a loving parent or parents;
(3) the process of attachment or bonding between a baby and
the same adults is essential to the development of a healthy
personality in the baby;
(4) the Inspector General of the Department of Health and
Human Services, in the February 1990 report entitled ''Crack
Babies'', states that legislation ''should reduce barriers to
placing drug exposed infants into foster care and adoptive
homes and establish 'fast track' procedures to expedite child
welfare cases involving drug abuse''; and
(5) according to experts, current legal rules and agency
policies make it exceedingly difficult and time consuming to
terminate parental rights of those parents who truly abandon
their babies, and as a result very few of those abandoned
babies are available for adoption;
(6) the welfare of babies abandoned during the formative
months occurring shortly after birth is of such special
interest and concern to our society that if there are persons
desiring to adopt and parentally bond with such a baby, the
baby should be afforded the right to expeditious placement
with, and adoption by, such persons; and
(7) other steps should be taken to expedite the adoption of
babies who are abandoned during the formative months occurring
shortly after birth.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

The purpose of this Act is to require States to implement a system
that will expedite the initiation of the adoption process for babies
abandoned at birth. In doing so, States shall appoint competent persons
to be preadoptive parents for babies abandoned at birth in order to
provide a proper and loving home during the infants' formative months.
The preadoptive parents will also be responsible for initiating legal
proceedings that could lead to the legal adoption of the infant. Once
the proceedings have been initiated, the State courts of proper
jurisdiction will continue to be responsible for the final decision,
taking into account the legal rights of all the parties involved,
including the baby abandoned at birth, the natural parents, the
preadoptive parents, and the State.

SEC. 4. ADOPTION BY PREADOPTIVE PARENTS OF BABIES ABANDONED AT BIRTH.

(a) Certain State Laws Required as Condition of Approving State
Plan for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance.--
(1) In general.--Section 471 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 671) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(c)(1) The Secretary shall not approve a State plan under this
part unless there is in effect in the State laws and rules of law which
provide all of the following:
''(A) Within 30 days after the State obtains custody of a
baby abandoned at birth, the State shall--
''(i) find 1 or more individuals to be the
preadoptive parents of the baby;
''(ii) designate such individual or individuals as
the preadoptive parents of the baby; and
''(iii) place the baby with such individual or
individuals.
''(B)(i) During the 90-day period beginning on the date a
baby abandoned at birth is placed with the preadoptive parents
of the baby, the preadoptive parents shall have the right to
petition the courts of the State for an expedited hearing--
''(I) to terminate the parental rights of all other
persons with respect to the baby; and
''(II) to become the adoptive parents of the baby.
''(ii) In determining whether to grant a petition described
in clause (i), the courts of the State shall not draw any
inference adverse to the interests of a petitioner by reason of
the present or former status of any petitioner as a foster
parent.
''(C) If the preadoptive parents of a baby abandoned at
birth fail to file a petition described in subparagraph (B)(i)
during the 90-day period described in subparagraph (B)(i), the
State shall--
''(i) immediately revoke their designation as the
preadoptive parents of the baby; and
''(ii) within 30 days after the end of such 90-day
period--
''(I) find 1 or more individuals (other
than the former preadoptive parents of the
baby) to be the new preadoptive parents of the
baby;
''(II) designate such individual or
individuals as the preadoptive parents of the
baby; and
''(III) place the baby with such individual
or individuals.
''(2) As used in this subsection:
''(A) The term 'baby abandoned at birth' means a child
who--
''(i) has been physically abandoned by the parents
or legal guardians of the child for a time during the
critical period; and
''(ii) has not attained the age of 18 months.
''(B) The term 'critical period' means, with respect to a
child, the period beginning with the date the child is born and
ending with--
''(i) a date which may be specified by State law,
if such date occurs not earlier than 3 months, and not
later than 6 months, after the date the child is born;
or
''(ii) the date the child attains the age of 6
months, if State law fails to specify a date in
accordance with clause (i).
''(3) The provisions and rules of State law that are enacted or
adopted pursuant to this subsection shall not be construed to affect
any provision or rule of State law with respect to the abandonment of
children that is not so enacted or adopted, except to the extent that
such provisions or rules of State law are in direct conflict.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 471(b) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 671(b)) is amended by striking ''the provisions of
subsection (a) of this section'' and inserting ''subsections
(a) and (c)''.
(b) Babies Abandoned at Birth Treated as Children With Special
Needs for Purposes of Adoption Assistance Program.--
(1) In general.--Section 473 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 673) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
''(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), for purposes of this section,
a child who is or was a baby abandoned at birth (as defined in section
471(c)(2)(A)) shall be considered a child with special needs.''.
(2) Applicability.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall not apply to any child who attains the age of 18 months
before the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the
amendments made by this Act shall apply to payments under title IV of
the Social Security Act for calendar quarters beginning after the
calendar quarter in which this Act is enacted.
(b) Delay Permitted if State Legislation Required.--In the case of
a State plan approved under title IV of the Social Security Act which
the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State
legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in order for
the plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by the amendments
made by this Act, the State plan shall not be regarded as failing to
comply with the requirements of such part solely on the basis of the
failure of the plan to meet such additional requirements before the 1st
day of the 1st calendar quarter beginning after the close of the 1st
regular session of the State legislature that begins after the date of
the enactment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in
the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of
such session shall be deemed to be a separate regular session of the
State legislature.
A:
At-Birth Abandoned Baby Act of 1993 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to place babies abandoned at birth with preadoptive parents within 30 days of obtaining custody of such babies, and to find new preadoptive parents for such babies if the initial preadoptive parents do not petition the courts of the State within 90 days of receiving them for an expedited hearing to become their permanent adoptive parents. Treats such babies as children with special needs, thus qualifying their adoptive parents for adoption assistance.