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2019 SESSION
SB 1720 Kinship foster care; notice to relatives.
Introduced by: T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Kinship foster care; notice. Requires local boards of social services, when identifying foster care placement options, to take all reasonable steps to (i) determine whether the child has any relatives who may be eligible to become a kinship foster parent, (ii) provide notice to such relatives of their potential eligibility to become a kinship foster parent, and (iii) explain to such relatives any opportunities they may have to participate in the placement and care of the child, including opportunities available through kinship foster care or kinship guardianship. This bill is identical to HB 2758.
FULL TEXT
- 01/16/19 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 19104368D pdf | impact statement
- 02/18/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1720ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0438) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/16/19 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 19104368D
- 01/16/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/25/19 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/19 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/30/19 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/04/19 House: Read first time
- 02/04/19 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/07/19 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/19 House: Read second time
- 02/11/19 House: Read third time
- 02/11/19 House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/11/19 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/11/19 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/11/19 House: Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/19 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/19 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/18/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1720ER)
- 02/18/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/19/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/20/19 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2019
- 02/20/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/18/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 438 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0438)