Senate Bill 2192 Summary

• Creates new section 27-20-30.1 establishing judicial procedures for youth ages 18-21 needing continued foster care services beyond age of majority, requiring court determination of best interests and continued case management.

• Amends juvenile court jurisdiction to include proceedings under the new continued foster care services section and modifies venue requirements so such proceedings must be commenced in the administrative county determined by the department of human services.

• Modifies petition and summons requirements to exempt continued foster care proceedings from certain notification and service requirements applicable to other juvenile proceedings.

• Expands right to counsel at public expense for indigent parties in continued foster care proceedings and clarifies counsel provisions for youth under age eighteen in various proceeding stages.

• Amends permanency hearing requirements to include hearings conducted on petitions filed under the new continued foster care services section within the twelve-month timeline for children in foster care.

• Effective date: January 1, 2012.