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IN SB0311
Bill
Status
1/7/2019
Primary Sponsor
James Merritt
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AI Summary
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Courts and the Department of Child Services must notify previous foster families and make reasonable attempts to place children with their former foster family when a child is removed from an in-home placement after reunification fails
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For children with multiple prior out-of-home placements, priority goes to the most recent placement that is able and willing to accept the child
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DCS must waive foster home capacity limits for these return placements if federal law compliance is maintained and no safety risks exist for the child or other household residents
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Amends IC 31-27-4-8 and adds IC 31-34-23-5, effective July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Placement priority for foster parents. Provides that if a child in need of services is: (1) returned from an out-of-home placement to an in-home placement; and (2) subsequently removed from the in-home placement; the court and the department of child services (DCS) shall notify the foster family with which the child was previously placed and make a reasonable attempt to place the child with that foster family. Provides that if the child has previously been placed in multiple out-of-home placements, the court and DCS shall make a reasonable attempt to place the child in the most recent out-of-home placement that
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services
1/7/2019