HF 2219: Requiring postadoption interviews of adoptive parents and adopted persons by the department of health and human services, and including applicability provisions

What it does

This bill requires the department of health and human services (HHS) to conduct interviews of the parent named in a final adoption decree (adopter) and the adopted person (adoptee) at least months but no later than months from the date of the final adoption decree issued by the court establishing the parent-child relationship between the adopter and the adoptee. The interview must, at a minimum, consist of a face-to-face interview with the adopter, a face-to-face interview with the adoptee conducted outside the presence of the adopter, an assessment of the adoptee’s living conditions to determine the adequacy of the living conditions, and any other interviews HHS determines relevant to assess the adoptee’s well-being.

In plain words

1. January 30, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Health and Human Services committee