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 112 STAT. 2681-147 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 (c) CONTRACTING WITH PRIVATE SERVICE PROVIDERS. — (1) PRIVATE CONTRACTS. —Not later than September 30, 1999, CFSA shall enter into contracts with private service providers to perform some of the adoption recruitment and placement functions of CFSA, which may include recruitment, nomestudy, and placement services. (2) COMPETITIVE BIDDING.—Any contract entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be subject to a competitive bidding process when required by CFSA contracting policies and procedures. (3) PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION. — (A) IN GENERAL.— Any contract entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) shall compensate the winning bidder pursuant to paragraph (2) upon completion of contract deliverables. (B) CONTRACT DELIVERABLES. — In identifying contract deliverables, CFSA shall consider— (i) in the case of recruitment, receipt of a list of potential adoptive families; (ii) in the case of homestudies, receipt of a completed homestudy in a form specified in advance by CFSA; or (iii) in the case of placements, the child is placed in an adoptive home approved by CFSA or the adoption is finalized. (4) TYPES OF CONTRACTS.— Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent CFSA from entering into contracts that provide for multiple deliverables or conditions for partial payment. (5) REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO ADOPTION.— CFSA shall meet with contractors to address issues identified during the term of a contract entered into pursuant to this section, including issues related to barriers to timely adoptions. SEC. 158. CLARIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADULT OFFENDER SUPERVISION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, (a) Section 11233(b)(2) of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33) is amended by- (1) striking "; and" in subparagraph (F) and inserting ";''; (2) striking "Columbia." in subparagraph (G) and inserting "Columbia; and"; and (3) inserting after subparagraph (G) the following: "(H) carry out all functions which have heretofore been carried out by the Social Services Division of the Superior Court relating to supervision of adults subject to protection orders or provision of services for or related to such persons.", (b) Section 11-1722 of the District of Columbia Code is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by inserting "juvenile" after "all" in the first sentence; and (B) by amending the second sentence to read as follows: "The Director shall have no jurisdiction over any adult under supervision."; (2) in subsection (b), inserting "including the agency established by section 11233(a) of the National Capital Revitalization

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