Creates a national list of licensed adoption agencies to help families find trusted services.
This bill would create a national, public list of private adoption agencies that are licensed and in good standing in their state. This list would help prospective adoptive parents find reliable agencies. States would need to submit these lists annually, or they could lose federal adoption incentive payments.
Today, there is no federal requirement for states to report on their licensed private child placement agencies, and no national, publicly available list exists. Families often have to research agencies state by state without a central resource. If this bill becomes law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services would create and maintain a national, public list of licensed and in-good-standing private adoption agencies. States would be required to submit their agency lists annually by January 1, and they would lose federal adoption incentive payments if they fail to do so.
HR 7236 · 119th Congress · January 23, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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