Foster Care
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Human Services - Universal Basic Income for Transition-Age Youth - Establishment [HB-849]
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[Economic Development ]
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[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Establishing the Universal Basic Income for Transition-Age Youth Program in the Department of Human Services to provide for the economic security of individuals aging out of the out-of-home placement program; providing that payments made under the Program may not be considered income or resources for purposes of determining eligibility for certain benefits; and requiring the Department to report annually by October 1 to the General Assembly including descriptive information and outcome measures of recipients.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Gettr Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect - Reports and Records - Disclosure [HB-937]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[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. Barrie S. Ciliberti
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Utah 2024 General Session
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Foster Care Amendments [HB-451]
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Foster Care Amendments
Sponsored by: Sen. Wayne A. Harper
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/14/2024
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-2-604, relative to the extension of foster care services. [SB-2481]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
As introduced, changes the ages for the voluntary extension of foster care program from a young adult who is at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age to a young adult who is at least 18 years of age but less than 23 years of age. - Amends TCA Section 37-2-604.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Rose
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Judiciary Committee on 03/11/2024
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-2-604, relative to the extension of foster care services. [HB-2485]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
As introduced, changes the ages for the voluntary extension of foster care program from a young adult who is at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age to a young adult who is at least 18 years of age but less than 23 years of age. - Amends TCA Section 37-2-604.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Hurt
Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee Of Civil Justice Committee on 03/19/2024
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Arizona Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)
Foster care; scholarship; tribal members [SB-1726]
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[Native American Affairs ]
[Human Services ]
Foster care; scholarship; tribal members
Sponsored by: Sen. Sally Ann Gonzales
Introduced In Senate And Read First Time on 06/14/2024
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-1-102 and Section 37-2-422, relative to the department of children's services. [SB-2071]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
As enacted, expands the eligibility for reimbursement as a relative caregiver by removing the income limitations and including a relative caregiver who meets the eligibility requirements and has been awarded custody by an order of any court. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-102 and Section 37-2-422.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ken Yager
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 574 on 03/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Department of Human Services - Children in Foster Care - Luggage [SB-668]
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[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to establish and maintain a decentralized supply of new luggage to be used to transport the personal belongings of a child in foster care; requiring the Department to provide new luggage to a child who is entering foster care, moving from one foster care placement to another, or exiting foster care; prohibiting the Department from using disposable bags or trash bags to transport items for a child in foster care; and requiring the Department to maintain certain records.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 345 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Department of Human Services - Children in Foster Care - Luggage [HB-542]
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[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to establish and maintain a decentralized supply of new luggage to be used to transport the personal belongings of a child in foster care; requiring the Department to provide new luggage to a child in foster care who is entering foster care, moving from one placement to another, or exiting foster care; prohibiting the Department from using disposable bags or trash bags to transport a child's belongings; and requiring the Department to maintain certain records.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 346 on 04/25/2024
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 36 and Title 37, relative to foster care. [SB-1840]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
As introduced, establishes a pilot program for five years to allow private entities to provide foster care services to qualifying children; requires the department of children's services to create a process for selecting children for the program; directs the pilot program to submit monthly reports to the state foster care review board; requires the comptroller to audit the program. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 36 and Title 37.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ferrell Haile
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Judiciary Committee on 03/12/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To The Child Protective Act. [HB-879]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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Clarifies the purpose of the child protective act. Allows certain contact between grandparents and a child in foster care. Includes grandparents under the definition of "family". Expands the factors to be considered when providing a child with a safe family home to include evaluations conducted by a domestic violence service provider with certain specialized training. Requires foster placement preference to be given to approved relatives, if it is in the best interest of the child. Establishes written response requirements for DHS to a complainant
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jenna Takenouchi Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To The Child Protective Act. [SB-1200]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires an independent evaluation of a child's parents before a child is returned to the child's family home, under certain conditions. Clarifies the purpose of the child protective act. Allows certain contact between grandparents and a child in foster care. Provides a child's biological grandparents with certain rights and duties. Amends the definition of "aggravated circumstances". Includes grandparents under the definition of "family". Amends definition of "incapacitated person". Expands the factors to be considered when providing a child with
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Sponsored by: Sen. Angus L.K. McKelvey
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Child Placement; Diligent Search [SB-181]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
An Act relating to placement of a child in need of aid; relating to adoption; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jesse J. Bjorkman
Fn1: (adm) on 03/15/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Foster Child Scholarship Program; established, report. [SB-421]
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[Grants ]
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Foster Child Scholarship Program; established. Establishes Foster Child Scholarship Program; established. Establishes the Foster Child Scholarship Program (the Program), to be administered by the Department of Education, for the purpose of providing school-age children in foster care the option to attend the participating public or private school of their caregiver's choice. The bill provides that any student is eligible to participate in the Program who (i) is a foster child, (ii) resides in a school division in the Commonwealth, (iii) is subject
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Sponsored by: Sen. Glen H. Sturtevant
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (10-y 5-n) on 01/25/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Foster care; diversionary placements, alternative living arrangements. [SB-467]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Foster care; diversionary placements; alternative living arrangements. Allows a birth parent to identify an ALA caregiver, defined in the bill, with whom the birth parent would like to place his child in an alternative living arrangement, defined in the bill. The bill establishes background checks for potential ALA caregivers, establishes legal custody of the child by ALA caregivers, requires safety and welfare checks for children in alternative living arrangements, and requires local boards of social services to create an exit plan for reunification
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark D. Obenshain
Incorporated By Rehabilitation And Social Services on 01/19/2024
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 36 and Title 37, relative to foster care. [HB-1815]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
As introduced, establishes a pilot program for five years to allow private entities to provide foster care services to qualifying children; requires the department of children's services to create a process for selecting children for the program; directs the pilot program to submit monthly reports to the state foster care review board; requires the comptroller to audit the program. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 36 and Title 37.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ed Butler
Failed In S/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee Of Civil Justice Committee on 03/12/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
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Students, certain; enrollment and provision of free public education. [HB-777]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
Enrollment of and provision of free public education for certain students; kinship care and foster care. Provides that in the event that a student in a kinship care arrangement moves into a different school division during the school year as a result of safely returning home, being emancipated, or transitioning to a new kinship care arrangement, such student shall be deemed to continue to reside in the previous school division of residence for the remainder of the school year for the purpose of tuition-free enrollment and attendance. The bill also
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Sponsored by: Rep. Katrina E. Callsen
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0303) on 04/02/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
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Certain individuals in foster care, etc.; parameters of higher education grants. [HB-700]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Student Loans ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Certain individuals in foster care, in the custody of the Department of Social Services, or considered a special needs adoption; parameters of higher education grants; point of contact for support and guidance. Expands to include each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth the requirement to provide grants to certain individuals who were in foster care or in the custody of the Department of Social Services or were considered a special needs adoption; adds mandatory education and general fees and, in the case of baccalaureate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Ferrell Tata
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0449) on 04/04/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Kinship as Foster Care Prevention Program; established, placement of children with relatives. [SB-162]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Kinship as Foster Care Prevention Program established. Establishes the Kinship as Foster Care Prevention Program to promote and support placements of children with relatives by local boards of social services in order to avoid foster care. The bill provides that a child is eligible to participate in the Program if the local board determines that (i) the child is at imminent risk of being removed from his home and a preliminary protective order is insufficient to address the child's immediate safety concerns and (ii) the child's parent or guardian
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan T. McDougle
Incorporated By Rehabilitation And Social Services on 01/19/2024
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-1-102 and Section 37-2-422, relative to the department of children's services. [HB-1675]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
As enacted, expands the eligibility for reimbursement as a relative caregiver by removing the income limitations and including a relative caregiver who meets the eligibility requirements and has been awarded custody by an order of any court. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-102 and Section 37-2-422.
Sponsored by: Rep. William G. Lamberth
Pub. Ch. 574 on 03/26/2024