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SB 78 Kinship care; definition.

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

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

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.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Kinship care. Defines the practice of kinship care as the full-time care, nurturing, and protection of children by relatives, members of their tribes or clans, stepparents, or any adult who has a familial bond with a child. The bill requires a local board of social services to consider kinship care as an alternative to a foster care placement if it is in the child's best interest.