AR HB1708

DHS employees assigned to adoption casework must complete at least 3 hours of annual training in reactive attachment disorder.

Prospective adoptive parents must complete at least 3 hours of reactive attachment disorder training before a final adoption decree is entered.

Foster parents must complete at least 3 hours of annual reactive attachment disorder training, and children cannot be placed with non-compliant foster parents.

Occupational therapists, psychologists, and psychological examiners seeking licenses must complete at least 3 hours of reactive attachment disorder training.

Psychologists and psychological examiners renewing licenses must include at least 3 hours of reactive attachment disorder training in their 40 hours of required continuing education per biennium.