SB2306

New Family Code 162.605 makes the website disclosure mandatory for licensed child-placing agencies. A single total without an itemized list is not what the statute requires. The act does not set maximum adoption fees, create a subsidy, guarantee an individual family’s final price or prescribe a specific website template or update schedule. Final law, sections 1–2.

This adds a cost-disclosure duty alongside existing adoption provisions. For example, agencies already had to give prospective adoptive parents information about post-adoption services and options if they could not care for an adopted child. SB2306 does not replace that separate support-information duty. Prior support-information requirement; Final law.

Changes during passage: The five posted versions have the same operative provisions. Both committees reported without amendments, and the official amendment index lists none. The final act retained the website requirement, itemized-cost requirement and September 1 effective date. Introduced; Senate committee; Senate-passed; House committee; Final law; Version index; Amendment index.

Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.

Prospective adoptive families can use itemized information to understand and compare costs before proceeding. Agencies must prepare and publish that information. Better disclosure may help planning, but this act alone does not reduce fees or make adoption affordable for every family. Final law.

The April 22 fiscal note anticipates no significant state fiscal implication, assumes Department of Family and Protective Services costs can be absorbed within existing resources, and anticipates no local-government fiscal implication. It does not quantify agencies’ website work or families’ savings. The act makes no appropriation. Fiscal note.