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MO HB968

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/28/2013

Primary Sponsor

Jeff Grisamore

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Repeals and reenacts section 453.072 of Missouri law to expand guardianship subsidy eligibility to qualified relatives
  • Extends subsidies available to adoptive parents under sections 453.073 and 453.074 to relatives granted legal guardianship of children
  • Expands the definition of "relative" to include great grandparents, great aunts, great uncles, adult first cousins, and fictive kin
  • Defines "fictive kin" as any individual, related or unrelated by birth or marriage, who has close personal or emotional ties with the child or child's family prior to placement

Legislative Description

Revises the definition of "relative" for purposes of the guardianship subsidy to include fictive kin

Last Action

Public Hearing Completed (H)

4/9/2013

Committee Referrals

Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities4/4/2013

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