1. Transfer of Adoption proceedings from judicial to administrative and reorganize the ICAB to NACC to implement the Domestic Administrative Adoption and Alternative Child Care programs.
2. Adoption Telling is expressly stipulated in the law. This is premised on the idea that the earlier adoption telling is done, the better its impact on the child.
3. It is mandatory for social workers to conduct adoption-themed activities to adopted children. Adoption telling is mandatory before the adoptee reaches the age of 13 years old, to be disclosed by the parents (adoptive parents).
4. Inclusion of social media as means in locating the birthparents.
5. Process of Matching is expressly stipulated in the bill.
6. Database on Adoption will be maintained by the NACC to have a general statistics of domestic adoption in the country.
7. The legal relationship created by adoption is extended to the Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) relatives (**This includes the PAPs’ parents, legitimate siblings and descendants)
8. Foreign Nationals who are permanent or habitual residents of the Philippines for at least five (5) years may adopt.
9. Requirement for Foundling children to be registered/issued with a Birth Certificate of Persons with Unknown Parents prior to issuance of Certification Declaring a Child Legally Available for Adoption (CDCLAA).
10. For cases of Independent Placement (IP), the law covers only those independently placed children before the effectivity of the Act.
11. Mandatory appearance of PAPs before the RACCO during the application period and on a specific date to be required by the office.
12. Designation of the 2nd week of June as Adoption and Alternative Child Care Week
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