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OH SB153
Bill
Status
4/26/2011
Primary Sponsor
Edna Brown
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AI Summary
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Amends section 2151.33 of the Revised Code to require public children services agencies and private child placing agencies that receive temporary custody of a child to exercise due diligence in identifying and notifying adult grandparents and other adult relatives within 30 days of the child's removal.
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Agencies must provide notice to all adult relatives, including those suggested by the child's parents, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 671(a)(29).
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Agencies must maintain written documentation in the child's case record showing efforts to place the child in family-like settings as consistent with the child's best interests and in close proximity to the parents' or guardian's home.
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Applies to temporary custody orders issued by juvenile courts in cases involving alleged or adjudicated abused, neglected, or dependent children.
Legislative Description
To require a public children services agency that receives temporary custody of a child to exercise due diligence to notify the child's adult relatives.
Public children services agency-temporary custody of child-notify adult relatives
Last Action
To Judiciary Civil Justice
4/26/2011