AB 937 Summary

• Clarifies that courts must specify factual basis when extending family reunification services based on unreasonable services not being provided or, for Indian children, active efforts to reunite not being made at 12-month and 18-month permanency hearings.

• Requires courts to extend reunification services for an additional 6 months at the 18-month permanency hearing if services have not been reasonably provided or active efforts have not been made for Indian children, except when a mental health professional finds extension would be detrimental to the child.

• Applies to dependent children in juvenile court proceedings involving family reunification services under Welfare and Institutions Code sections 361.5 and 366.22.

• Exempts the state from providing reimbursement to local agencies for costs mandated by this act that fall within the scope of the 2011 Realignment Legislation.