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2024 SESSION

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SB 39 Kinship foster care; placement of child with foster parent.

Introduced by: Barbara A. Favola | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Kinship foster care; alternative living arrangements; Parental Child Safety Placement Program established. Establishes the Parental Child Safety Placement Program to promote and support placements of children with relatives by local boards of social services in order to avoid foster care. The bill establishes the requirements for a parental child safety placement agreement, the procedure for assessing a proposed caregiver, and the process for terminating the placement. This bill incorporates SB 162 and SB 467 and is identical to HB 27.

FULL TEXT

• 12/18/23  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101422D  pdf
• 01/19/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24105803D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/28/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB39ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0662)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 12/18/23  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101422D
• 12/18/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
• 01/19/24  Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/19/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24105803D-S1
• 01/19/24  Senate: Incorporates SB162 (McDougle)
• 01/19/24  Senate: Incorporates SB467 (Obenshain)
• 01/19/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/08/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/24  Senate: Read second time
• 02/12/24  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/12/24  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24105803D-S1
• 02/12/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB39S1
• 02/12/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/24  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/24  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/15/24  House: Read first time
• 02/15/24  House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
• 02/20/24  House: Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/24  House: Read second time
• 02/23/24  House: Read third time
• 02/23/24  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/24  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/28/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB39ER)
• 02/28/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/02/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/08/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 662 (effective - see bill)
• 04/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0662)