Bills › 88th General Assembly
Creating a foster care children and adopted children bill of rights and entitlements
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 25, 2019
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill creates a bill of rights and entitlements for foster care children and children adopted from foster care. The bill provides that children receiving foster care provided by the department of human services and children adopted from foster care are entitled to certain rights and services including but not limited to access to medical care, education, familial, and caseworker services. The bill provides a child 12 years of age or older is required to be provided information pertaining to any applicable grievance policies and procedure of any state or private agency involved with the child’s case.
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The bill provides if a child gives birth while receiving foster care provided by the department, the child shall be allowed to exercise parental rights for the baby. The bill further provides if a child adopted from foster care is receiving an education provided through competent private instruction, the adoptive parent is required to coordinate an educational plan with the home school assistance program within the school district in which the adoptive parent resides.