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2000 SESSION

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HB 556 Adoption assistance; children with special needs.

Introduced by: L. Karen Darner | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Adoption assistance; children with special needs. Requires the local board of social services or child-placing agency to give adoptive parents information about the child's eligibility for subsidy, the child's special needs, the current and potential impact of these needs and the appeal process. The bill clarifies that the local board that initiated the adoption assistance agreement continues to be responsible for subsidy payments if the adoptive parents move to another jurisdiction.

FULL TEXT

• 01/19/00  House: Presented & ordered printed 005029244  pdf
• 02/10/00  House: Printed as engrossed 005029244-E  pdf
• 02/28/00  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB556ER)  pdf
• 04/06/00  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0290)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/19/00  House: Presented & ordered printed 005029244
• 01/19/00  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/24/00  House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 2
• 02/08/00  House: Reported from H. W. I. w/amendments (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/00  House: Read first time
• 02/10/00  House: Read second time
• 02/10/00  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/10/00  House: Title replaced
• 02/10/00  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/10/00  House: Printed as engrossed 005029244-E
• 02/11/00  House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/00  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 02/11/00  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/14/00  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/14/00  Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
• 02/18/00  Senate: Reported from R. & S. S. (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/00  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/00  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/00  Senate: Read third time
• 02/22/00  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/00  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/00  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB556ER)
• 03/06/00  House: Enrolled
• 03/06/00  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/07/00  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/03/00  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 290 (effective 7/1/00)
• 04/06/00  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0290)