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2024 SESSION

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SB 467 Foster care; diversionary placements, alternative living arrangements.

Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Foster care; diversionary placements; alternative living arrangements. Allows a birth parent to identify an ALA caregiver, defined in the bill, with whom the birth parent would like to place his child in an alternative living arrangement, defined in the bill. The bill establishes background checks for potential ALA caregivers, establishes legal custody of the child by ALA caregivers, requires safety and welfare checks for children in alternative living arrangements, and requires local boards of social services to create an exit plan for reunification of the child and the birth parent or, if such reunification is not viable, for permanent placement of the child in an alternative living arrangement. This bill is incorporated into SB 39.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103311D  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103311D
• 01/09/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
• 01/19/24  Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services (SB39-Favola) (11-Y 0-N)