CA AB1006

Requires social workers and probation officers to provide prospective adoptive families and legal guardians written information about the importance of working with mental health providers who have specialized adoption or permanency clinical training.

Requires county adoption agencies and the state department to provide prospective adoptive families with information on mental health services available through Medi-Cal and desirable clinical expertise to seek when choosing adoption-competent mental health professionals.

Expands child welfare training requirements to include instruction on types of and behavioral manifestations of trauma, loss, and grief, in addition to existing post-traumatic stress disorder training.

Requires case plans for children in care for 3 or more years to document specialized permanency services being used or explain why such services were not provided, and requires case plans to include the child's wishes regarding permanent placement for adoption, legal guardianship, or another planned permanent living arrangement.

Provides that no state reimbursement is required for costs resulting from new local program mandates imposed by this act.