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HB 850 Foster care; require code of ethics agreement signed by head of every foster home, etc.

Introduced by: Robert D. Orrock, Sr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Foster care; Code of Ethics agreement. Requires Board of Social Services to approve, in foster care policy, the language of the written agreement to be entered into by local boards and licensed child-placing agencies. This bill also provides that such agreements shall include at a minimum a Code of Ethics and mutual responsibilities for all parties to the agreement. This bill is identical to SB 643 (Ticer).

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Foster care; Code of Ethics agreement. Requires Board of Social Services to approve, in foster care policy, the language of the written agreement to be entered into by local boards and licensed child-placing agencies. This bill also provides that such agreements shall include at a minimum a Code of Ethics and mutual responsibilities for all parties to the agreement.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Foster care; Code of Ethics agreement. Requires the agreement signed by the head of every foster home or children's residential facility to set forth the conditions and mutual responsibilities of foster parents, foster care workers, and directors of child-placing agencies, including local departments. The bill requires the Board of Social Services to develop and promulgate regulations implementing the provisions of this Act with the assistance of an advisory committee comprised of representatives from foster and adoptive families, local boards and departments, child-placing agencies, judicial staff, youth in foster and adoptive homes, and other advocates or experts as the Board deems necessary.