House Bill 510 Summary

• Creates a Foster Parents' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to be provided to all foster parents at foster parent training, establishing protections and rights for persons providing foster care and relative care.

• Grants foster parents rights including advance notification of benchmarks and scheduled meetings, opportunity to communicate with professionals working with the child, attendance at IEP meetings and youth court hearings, and access to comprehensive child information including medical, dental, behavioral, and educational history within fifteen (15) days of placement.

• Requires the Department of Child Protection Services to provide foster parents with support including a copy of the Foster Child Information Form, explanation of placement plans, help accessing resources, information about commercial sexual exploitation or human trafficking, and reimbursement information.

• Establishes foster parent responsibilities including understanding the department's foster care program, sharing relevant information about child care, cooperating with reunification plans, maintaining confidentiality, and attending court hearings or submitting written recommendations to the guardian ad litem.

• Requires the department to develop a grievance procedure for foster parents to raise complaints or concerns regarding their rights and responsibilities, and specifies that nothing in the section creates a private right of action.