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GA HB950
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/9/2016
Primary Sponsor
Karen Bennett
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AI Summary
- Amends O.C.G.A. § 15-11-211 to expand the required contents of notices sent to adult relatives and sibling parents identified during a diligent search in dependency proceedings
- Requires notices to include contact information for a county or regional DFCS caseworker qualified to assist relative caregivers
- Requires notices to describe available financial assistance, including assistance through pilot programs or kinship care arrangements
- Maintains existing notice requirements that relatives be informed of the child's removal, their options for participating in care and placement, consequences of failing to respond, and the process for becoming an approved foster family home
- Exceptions to the notice requirement remain in place for cases involving family or domestic violence
Legislative Description
Human Services, Department of; certain individuals identified in a diligent search conducted as part of a dependency proceedings; specify additional information
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/11/2016
Full Bill Text
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