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SB 299 Kinship foster care placements; Commissioner of Social Services may grant variance from requirement.
Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Kinship foster care placements. Provides that the Commissioner of Social Services may grant a variance from requirements governing approval of foster care placements and may approve a kinship foster care provider when he determines (i) the requirement would impose a hardship on the kinship foster care provider and (ii) the variance will not adversely affect the safety and well-being of the child. The bill also provides that a local board of social services or child-placing agency may approve an application for approval as a kinship foster care provider when the applicant has been convicted of a felony related to the possession of drugs other than felony offenses related to possession with the intent to distribute drugs, a misdemeanor conviction for arson, or an equivalent offense in anther state, provided 10 years have elapsed since the date of the conviction and the local board or child-placing agency makes a specific finding that the placement would not endanger the safety or well-being of the child.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102966D pdf | impact statement
- 01/27/12 Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104791D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/12 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB299ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/04/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102966D
- 01/10/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/27/12 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/27/12 Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104791D-S1
- 01/30/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 1-N)
- 01/31/12 Senate: Read second time
- 01/31/12 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/31/12 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12104791D-S1
- 01/31/12 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB299S1
- 02/01/12 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 3-N)
- 02/13/12 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/12 House: Read first time
- 02/13/12 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/16/12 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/12 House: Read second time
- 02/20/12 House: Read third time
- 02/20/12 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/20/12 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/20/12 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/12 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/12 House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 02/20/12 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/12 House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/12 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N)
- 02/27/12 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/27/12 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB299ER)
- 02/27/12 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/28/12 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/04/12 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 568 (effective 7/1/12)
- 04/04/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568)