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2001 SESSION

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SB 865 Foster care; corporal punishment.

Introduced by: Yvonne B. Miller | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Foster care; corporal punishment. Requires all public and private child-placing agencies to have a written agreement with any foster home, child-caring institution, residential facility or group home that shall include an agreement not to use corporal punishment or give others permission to do so. Corporal punishment is defined as the infliction of, or causing the infliction of, pain or discomfort. Prohibited actions include, but are not limited to, hitting with any part of the body or with an implement, pinching, pulling, shaking, binding a child, forcing a child to assume an uncomfortable position, or locking a child in a room or closet. This prohibition on corporal punishment shall exist whether punishment is spontaneous or a deliberate technique for effecting behavioral change or part of a behavior management program.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/01  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/27/00 015864480  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/10/01  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/27/00 015864480
• 01/10/01  Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
• 01/12/01  Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in R. & S. S. (14-Y 0-N)