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2009 SESSION

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HB 1914 Foster care; deletes certain Code references, guidelines for continuation thereof.

Introduced by: Mamye E. BaCote | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Foster care.  Deletes Code references to "continued foster care." Additionally, a petition for a foster care review hearing described under § 16.1-282 shall set forth the disposition sought and the grounds therefor; however, if a continuation of foster care is recommended, a foster care plan for such period of continued foster care shall also be included and shall address (i) the role the current foster parents or other care providers will play in the future planning for the child and (ii) in the case of a child who has attained age 16 and for whom the plan is independent living, the services needed to assist the child to transition from foster care to independent living.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Foster care.  Deletes Code references to "continued foster care." Additionally, a petition for a foster care review hearing described under § 16.1-282 shall set forth the disposition sought and the grounds therefor; however, if a continuation of foster care is recommended, a foster care plan for such period of continued foster care shall also be included and shall address (i) the role the current foster parents or other care providers will play in the future planning for the child and (ii) in the case of a child who has attained age 16 and for whom the plan is independent living, the services needed to assist the child to transition from foster care to independent living. Under this bill, such petition shall set forth the disposition sought and the grounds therefor; however, in the case of a child who has attained age 16 and for whom the plan is independent living, the foster care plan shall address the services needed to assist the child to transition from foster care to independent living.