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HB 1795 Adoptive and foster care placements; Mutual Family Assessment home study.
Introduced by: Richard P. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Adoptive and foster placements; Mutual Family Assessment home study. Requires that home studies conducted by local boards of social services to determine the appropriateness of an adoptive or foster placement comply with the Mutual Family Assessment home study template and any addenda thereto developed by the Department of Social Services. The bill authorizes the Department to amend or update its Mutual Family Assessment home study template and any addenda thereto when necessary to improve the process of adoptive and foster placements, provided that such amendments or updates do not lessen the requirements of the home study process.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101503D pdf | impact statement
- 02/16/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1795ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0193) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101503D
- 01/09/17 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/17/17 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/17 House: Read first time
- 01/19/17 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/20/17 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/23/17 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/24/17 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 (HB1795ER)
- 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 193 (effective 7/1/17)
- 02/23/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0193)