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2004 SESSION

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SB 78 Kinship care; definition.

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

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Kinship care. Defines the practice of kinship care as the full-time care, nurturing, and protection of children by relatives. The bill requires a local board of social services to seek out kinship care options to keep children out of foster care and as a placement option for those children in foster care, if it is in the child's best interest.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/04  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/05/04 047423768  pdf | impact statement
• 01/27/04  Senate: Printed as engrossed 047423768-E  pdf | impact statement
• 03/04/04  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB78ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/12/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0070)  pdf
• 03/17/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0070)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/14/04  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/05/04 047423768
• 01/14/04  Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
• 01/23/04  Senate: Reported from R. & S. S. w/amendments (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/04  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/04  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/04  Senate: Read second time
• 01/27/04  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 01/27/04  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/27/04  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB78E
• 01/27/04  Senate: Printed as engrossed 047423768-E
• 01/28/04  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/04  Senate: VOTE: (37-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/04  Senate: Rec. of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/04  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/04  Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/04  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/04  Senate: Communicated to House
• 01/30/04  House: Placed on Calendar
• 01/30/04  House: Read first time
• 01/30/04  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 02/17/04  House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 2
• 02/19/04  House: Reported from H. W. I. (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/04  House: Read second time
• 02/23/04  House: Read third time
• 02/23/04  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/04  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/04  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB78ER)
• 03/04/04  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/04/04  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/05/04  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/12/04  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 70 (effective 7/1/04)
• 03/12/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0070)
• 03/17/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0070)