Amend SB 68 on third reading by adding the following SECTION 
to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  (a) The Department of Family and Protective 
Services shall conduct a study regarding postadoption monitoring by 
the department of children who were in the conservatorship of the 
department at the time of the adoption and who continue to reside in 
this state for the purpose of ensuring the health and safety of 
those children.
	(b)  In conducting the study, the department shall consider:                   
		(1)  the types of monitoring activities that would 
assist the department in ensuring the health and safety of a child 
postadoption;
		(2)  the length of time that postadoption monitoring is 
needed;             
		(3)  the cost of performing postadoption monitoring;                          
		(4)  the ability of the department to conduct 
postadoption monitoring using existing resources and any 
additional resources the department would need to conduct the 
monitoring;
		(5)  any barriers to implementing postadoption 
monitoring; and              
		(6)  the cost and benefits of implementing post 
adoption monitoring.        
	(c)  Not later than September 1, 2010, the department shall 
provide a report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of 
the house of representatives, and the standing committees of the 
senate and the house of representatives with subject matter 
jurisdiction over child protective services regarding the results 
of the study conducted by the department including any suggestions 
for legislation regarding postadoption monitoring by the 
department or any other relevant information as determined by the 
department.
	(d)  This section expires September 1, 2011.