Adoptions

A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 63-9-30(10) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS UNDER THE SOUTH CAROLINA ADOPTION ACT, TO PROVIDE THAT A "CHILD WITH CHALLENGING ADOPTION CIRCUMSTANCES" OR "CHILDREN WITH CHALLENGING ADOPTION CIRCUMSTANCES" MEANS CHILDREN WHO ARE MEMBERS OF A SIBLING GROUP, CHILDREN AGED SIX OR OLDER, OR CHILDREN WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL, OR EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES; TO AMEND SECTION 63-9-60(B)(1)(A), SECTION 63-9-750(A), SECTION 63-9-1370(B), SECTION 63-9-1750(1), AND SECTION 63-9-2030(A) AND (D) OF THE 1976 CODE, ALL RELATING TO CERTAIN PROVISIONS UNDER THE SOUTH CAROLINA ADOPTION ACT, TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; TO AMEND SECTION 12-6-1140(7) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO DEDUCTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL TAXABLE INCOME FOR CERTAIN ADOPTED CHILDREN, TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; AND TO PROVIDE THAT A CHILD WHO FORMERLY QUALIFIED AS A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD AND RECEIVED CERTAIN ADOPTION BENEFITS PURSUANT TO THIS STATUS SHALL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THOSE BENEFITS.