1. The agency which provides child welfare services shall complete a home study that investigates the medical, mental, financial and moral backgrounds of the prospective adoptive parents to determine the suitability of the home for placement of the child for adoption. The investigation must also embrace any other relevant factor relating to the qualifications of the prospective adoptive parent or parents.
2. If the placement is to be made in a home outside of this State, the agency which provides child welfare services must receive a copy of a report, completed by the appropriate authority, of an investigation of the home and the medical, mental, financial and moral backgrounds of the prospective adoptive parent or parents to determine the suitability of the home for placement of the child for adoption.