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IN SB0286

Bill

Status

Enrolled

3/1/2012

Primary Sponsor

Timothy Lanane

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Origin

Senate

2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes collaborative care program for older youth (ages 18-20) aging out of foster care, allowing continuation of services through voluntary agreements approved by juvenile courts

  • Repeals separate "foster care for older youth" program and consolidates related provisions into new collaborative care chapter

  • Expands child fatality review system from optional county-based teams to mandatory regional teams established by the department, broadening composition and duties

  • Creates new judicial expungement process for substantiated child abuse/neglect reports, allowing perpetrators to petition for expungement by clear and convincing evidence that they pose minimal future risk

  • Modifies therapeutic foster family home requirements by changing from "license" to "certificate" designation and reducing maximum capacity from five to four children, with exceptions for sibling placements

Legislative Description

Department of child services.

Last Action

Signed by the Governor

3/14/2012

Full Bill Text

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