Amendment ID: S2029-2

Amendment 2

Adoptive Child Annual Certification

Messrs. Tarr and Moore move to amend the bill by inserting at the end the following new section:

"Section __. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary a parent whose child has been determined eligible for subsidy program as prescribed in section 21 of chapter 18B shall present annually a sworn certification that the adoptive child remains under their care and that the condition that caused the child to be certified continues to exist. An adoptive parent commits the offense of providing a false statement if the adoptive parent certifies that the adoptive child remains under the adoptive parent's care knowing the certification to be false. Providing a false statement under this subsection is a misdemeanor.”