HB 1102 Summary

• Requires criminal history record investigations for "identified relatives" (grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, stepparents, and similar relationships) who provide foster care for children, with fingerprinting and background checks conducted by law enforcement agencies.

• Expands criminal history record investigation requirements to include all adults living in homes of identified relatives providing foster care, with costs paid by the Department of Human Services.

• Allows criminal history record investigations completed under foster care, guardianship, or adoption chapters to satisfy requirements across all three chapters without duplication.

• Increases the maximum number of unrelated children in a family foster home from four to six children, unless all foster children are related by blood or marriage.

• Replaces "residential child care facility" terminology with "qualified residential treatment program" throughout the code and establishes department authority to determine maximum licensed bed capacity based on needs assessments.

• Effective dates: Section 5 becomes effective August 1, 2019; all other provisions become effective October 1, 2019.