MO SB1073

Creates a "Foster Care Bill of Rights" requiring the children's division to provide age-appropriate orientation to foster children and foster parents, covering rights to family reunification, sibling visitation, participation in normalizing activities, case plan development, and appropriate health care including psychotropic medication management

Lowers the threshold for independent review of county child welfare entities from three to two review requests per calendar year, and requires findings to be submitted to the general assembly in addition to existing recipients

Expands placement preferences to include "kin" (defined as persons with close relationships to the child such as godparents, neighbors, teachers, or close family friends) and allows opposite-sex siblings to share a room in kinship placements when in the children's best interests

Grants foster parents the right to intervene as parties in juvenile court proceedings under subdivisions (1) or (2) of subsection 1 of section 211.031, and provides them access to court-appointed special advocate reports concerning children in their care

Establishes detailed standards for guardians ad litem in family and juvenile courts, including duties to notify courts of excessive caseloads, advocate for children's best interests, maintain access to children, appear at all proceedings, and present recommendations based on evidence