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HB 2215 Adoption assistance; children with special needs.
Introduced by: David J. Toscano | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Adoption assistance for children with special needs. Moves the requirement that a child be a citizen or legal resident of the United States from the definition of "child with special needs" to the eligibility criteria for the adoptive parents of such child to receive adoption assistance. The bill modifies the exception to the eligibility requirement that efforts be made to place the child in an adoptive home without the provision of adoption assistance to include consideration of the child's best interest due to factors such as the child's development of significant emotional ties with his foster parents while in their care, provided that the foster parents wish to adopt the child. Under current law, the exception is limited to situations in which the child has developed emotional ties with his foster parents and the foster parents wish to adopt the child. The bill modifies other requirements for a child with special needs to receive certain types of adoption assistance and for a child who is between the ages of 18 and 21 to receive adoption assistance. The bill also provides that a representative of the Department of Social Services shall negotiate all adoption assistance agreements with both existing and prospective adoptive parents on behalf of local departments of social services.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101365D pdf | impact statement
- 02/16/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2215ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0199) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101365D
- 01/11/17 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/17/17 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/31/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/17 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/17 House: Read first time
- 02/06/17 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/07/17 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/10/17 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/17 House: Enrolled
- 02/16/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2215ER)
- 02/16/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/17/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/17/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- 02/17/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- 02/23/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 199 (effective 7/1/17)
- 02/23/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0199)