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AZ SB1391

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/4/2019

Primary Sponsor

Lela Alston

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fourth Legislature - First Regular Session (2019)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona law regarding kinship foster care services for children removed from their homes and placed in department custody.

  • Requires kinship foster care parents to be at least 18 years old and submit to criminal background checks and home visits by the Department of Child Safety.

  • Establishes that kinship foster care parents are eligible for full foster care benefits, temporary assistance for needy families cash, and supplemental financial support.

  • Provides a monthly stipend of $250 per child placed with a kinship foster care parent.

  • Repeals conflicting provisions of section 8-514.03 from Laws 2018, chapter 110, section 2.

Legislative Description

Kinship foster care stipend

Repeal

Last Action

Senate HHS Committee action: Do Pass, voting: (8-0-0-0)

2/13/2019

Full Bill Text

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