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FL S1072

Bill

Status

Failed

3/10/2018

Primary Sponsor

Perry Thurston

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Origin

Senate

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires court costs for all adoptive parents who adopt children in the custody of the Department of Children and Families to be waived rather than reimbursed
  • Maintains existing waiver of adoption fees for adoptive parents adopting children in department custody
  • Permits (but does not require) waiver of fees for families adopting children through licensed child-placing agencies or independent adoptions who receive or may be eligible for maintenance subsidies
  • Removes court costs from the list of nonrecurring expenses eligible for reimbursement under the $1,000 adoption expense reimbursement program
  • Takes effect July 1, 2018

Legislative Description

Adoption Assistance for Children Within the Child Welfare System

Last Action

Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

3/10/2018

Committee Referrals

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs12/13/2017

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