CS for SB 164 - Quality Parenting for Children in Foster Care Act

• Creates the "reasonable and prudent parent" standard allowing caregivers in out-of-home care to approve children's participation in age-appropriate extracurricular, enrichment, and social activities without prior approval from the department, caseworker, or court.

• Establishes that caregivers must consider the child's age, maturity, developmental level, potential risks, best interest, emotional growth, family-like living experience, and behavioral history when making activity decisions.

• Provides liability protection for caregivers acting in accordance with the reasonable and prudent parent standard when approving child participation in activities.

• Amends reunification standards to require courts to apply the "best interest of the child" standard (rather than "endangerment") when a child is currently placed with someone other than a parent, and when considering reunification with a parent from whom the child was not removed.

• Requires the Department of Children and Families to adopt rules implementing the reasonable and prudent parent standard for independent living transition services and incorporate goals and objectives regarding activity participation into judicial social study reports.