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2019 SESSION

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HB 1730 Foster care; security freeze on credit report.

Introduced by: Emily M. Brewer | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Foster care; security freeze on credit report. Requires local departments of social services to request the placement of a security freeze on the credit report or record of any child who has been in foster care for at least six months in order to prevent cases of identity theft and misuse of personal identifying information.

The bill directs a local department to request the removal of such security freezes (i) upon the child's removal from foster care, (ii) upon the child's request if the child is at least 16 years of age, or (iii) upon a determination that doing so would be in the best interest of the child. The bill requires the local department to conduct annual credit checks on all such children between the ages of 14 and 18. This bill is identical to SB 1253.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Foster care; security freeze on credit report. Requires local departments of social services to request the placement of a security freeze on the credit report or record of any child who has been in foster care for at least six months in order to prevent cases of identity theft and misuse of personal identifying information.

The bill directs a local department to request the removal of such security freezes (i) upon the child's removal from foster care, (ii) upon the child's request if the child is at least 18 years of age, or (iii) upon a determination that doing so would be in the best interest of the child. The bill requires the local department to conduct annual credit checks on all such children between the ages of 14 and 18.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Foster care; security freeze on credit report. Requires local departments of social services to request the placement of a security freeze on the credit report or record of any child who has been in foster care for at least six months in order to prevent cases of identity theft and misuse of personal identifying information. The bill directs local departments to request the removal of such security freezes upon the child's removal from foster care. The bill allows local departments, with the child's consent, to request the removal of a security freeze placed on the credit report or record of a child who continues to receive foster care or independent living services beyond his eighteenth birthday; however, in such instances, the local department is required to conduct annual credit checks on the child.