Foster Care
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to trauma-informed care training for foster parents. [HB-3853]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
Relating to trauma-informed care training for foster parents.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alma A. Allen
Read First Time on 03/27/2025
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Relating to certain training for certain individuals who care for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. [HB-3492]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Relating to certain training for certain individuals who care for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alma A. Allen
Read First Time on 03/24/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the liability of nonprofit entities contracted with the Department of Family and Protective Services or with a single source continuum contractor to provide community-based care or child welfare services. [HB-3453]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Relating to the liability of nonprofit entities contracted with the Department of Family and Protective Services or with a single source continuum contractor to provide community-based care or child welfare services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stan Lambert
Placed On General State Calendar on 05/15/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the authority of certain medical consenters to assume financial responsibility for certain out-of-network medical care provided to children in foster care. [HB-3396]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Relating to the authority of certain medical consenters to assume financial responsibility for certain out-of-network medical care provided to children in foster care.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Frank
Companion Considered In Lieu Of Sb 855 on 05/07/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the collection and confidentiality of information regarding firearms in agency foster homes; creating a civil penalty. [SB-1524]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the collection and confidentiality of information regarding firearms in agency foster homes; creating a civil penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Hall
Committee Report Sent To Calendars on 05/22/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
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Relating to certain procedures in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship for a child placed in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and the provision of family preservation services and community-based foster care. [SB-1398]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Relating to certain procedures in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship for a child placed in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and the provision of family preservation services and community-based foster care.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst
Signed By The Governor on 06/20/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the establishment of the Supported Independent Living Program. [HB-2902]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
Relating to the establishment of the Supported Independent Living Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rafael Anchia
Read First Time on 03/19/2025
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Idaho 2025 Regular Session
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Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding extended and continued care and to revise provisions regarding relative foster care. [HB-245]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
FOSTER CARE -- Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding extended and continued care and to revise provisions regarding relative foster care.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Welfare Committee
Reported Signed By Governor On March 21, 2025 Session Law Chapter Effective: on 03/24/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to applying an active efforts standard for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. [HB-2864]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Relating to applying an active efforts standard for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Candy Noble
Read First Time on 03/19/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to eligibility for tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. [HB-2834]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Relating to eligibility for tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mihaela Elizabeth Plesa
Read First Time on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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State Personnel - Paid Family and Medical Leave [HB-1503]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management and the governing body of a public institution of higher education to adopt regulations governing paid family and medical leave benefits for Executive Branch employees; establishing certain parameters for the paid family and medical leave; authorizing, beginning July 1, 2026, Executive Branch employees to submit a request for paid family and medical leave in accordance with established procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Appropriations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 606 on 05/20/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
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Relating to the regulation of child welfare, including licensure, community-based care contractors, family homes, and child-care facilities. [HB-2789]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
Relating to the regulation of child welfare, including licensure, community-based care contractors, family homes, and child-care facilities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Royce West
Signed By The Governor on 06/20/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
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Relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity awareness program in public schools. [SB-1207]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity awareness program in public schools.
Sponsored by: Sen. Royce West
Signed By The Governor on 06/20/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to required training for caregivers to children, including foster parents. [SB-1148]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
Relating to required training for caregivers to children, including foster parents.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Sparks
Read First Time on 02/24/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71, relative to foster care. [HB-1359]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
As enacted, requires the department of children's services, to the extent not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law, to promulgate rules to implement certain rights for any foster child in the custody of the department or an agency that contracts with the department to place children in foster care. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Ray Clemmons
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 387 on 05/13/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the regulation of child welfare, including licensure, community-based care contractors, family homes, and child-care facilities. [SB-1149]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
Relating to the regulation of child welfare, including licensure, community-based care contractors, family homes, and child-care facilities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Sparks
Read First Time on 02/24/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49 and Title 55, relative to department of children's services programs. [SB-1266]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
As enacted, expands the provision of voluntary extended foster care services by the department of children's services to include young adults between 20 and 23 who were in the custody of the department at the time of the young adult's eighteenth birthday and young adults who were adopted from, or approved for subsidized permanent guardianship by, the department of children's services at 16 or older. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49 and Title 55.
Sponsored by: Sen. Janince Bowling
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 333 on 05/08/2025
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Utah 2025 General Session
Kinship Child Placement Amendments [HB-431]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Kinship Child Placement Amendments
Sponsored by: Sen. Wayne A. Harper
Senate/ Strike Enacting Clause In Senate Secretary on 03/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Law - Prospective Foster Care Parents and Out-of-Home Placements [HB-1205]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a local department of social services to provide non-confidential information to a prospective foster care parent on the medical, educational, and behavioral history of a child as it directly relates to the care of a child in an out-of-home placement; and authorizing a local department of social services to place up to four foster children in an out-of-home placement.
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Wivell
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Child Abuse and Neglect - Reports and Records - Disclosure [HB-1209]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a local director of a local department of social services or the Secretary of Human Services to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect within 30 days after receiving a request if certain conditions are met; requiring the Secretary to notify the State's Attorney's office of a request to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect; requiring the State's Attorney's office to be given 30 days during which the office is authorized to redact certain portions of the reports and records; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 485 on 05/13/2025