PRINTER'S NO. 2299
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1529
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TOOHIL, BISHOP, COHEN, HEFFLEY, PHILLIPS-HILL,
MURT, PICKETT, RAPP, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD AND ZIMMERMAN,
OCTOBER 5, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, OCTOBER 5, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in adoption, providing for permissible
reimbursement of expenses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 2726. Permissible reimbursement of expenses.
Payments made by the adoptive parents to an intermediary for
reimbursement of the following expenses, calculated without
regard to the income of the adoptive parents, are permissible
and are not in violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 4305 (relating to
dealing in infant children):
(1) Medical and hospital expenses incurred by the birth
mother for prenatal care and those medical and hospital
expenses incurred by the birth mother and child incident to
birth.
(2) Medical, hospital and foster care expenses incurred
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on behalf of the child prior to the decree of adoption.
(3) Reasonable expenses incurred by the agency or a
third party for adjustment counseling and training services
provided to the adoptive parents and for home studies or
investigations.
(4) Reasonable administrative expenses incurred by the
agency, to include overhead costs and attorney fees.
(5) Reasonable living expenses incurred by the birth
mother three months prior to the due date of the child and 60
days after the birth of the child. Living expenses may
include food, rent, utilities, maternity clothing and an
amount not to exceed $300 for expenses and transportation
costs associated with prenatal, maternity and postmaternity
care.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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