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Relating to the temporary delegation of parental authority by the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child
Sponsored by the Senate Human Resources Committee
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 21, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 26, 2019
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 7, 2019
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 2, 201930–16
- Done: House committeeApril 4, 2019
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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 relates to the temporary delegation of parental authority by the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child. The bill provides that a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child, by a properly executed power of attorney, may delegate to another person any powers regarding the care or custody of the child except the power to consent to the child’s marriage, the power to consent to the child’s adoption, the power to consent to the performance or inducement of an abortion on or for the child, and the power to consent to the termination of the parental rights of a parent of the child.
Read the full explanation
A power of attorney executed under the bill must be signed by all parents, guardians, and legal custodians of a child and must be properly acknowledged by a notary. A parent, guardian, or legal custodian shall have the authority to revoke or terminate a power of attorney created under the bill at any time. A power of attorney created under the bill shall be for a period of time not to exceed six months. The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the child is required to execute a new power of attorney for an additional period of six months, and the power of attorney cannot exceed one year. If the parent, guardian, or legal custodian revokes or terminates the power of attorney, the child shall be returned to the care and custody of the parent, guardian, or legal custodian within hours of the date of the revocation or termination. An agent (person granted authority to act for a parent, guardian, or legal custodian under a power of attorney created in the bill) is required to exercise parental or legal authority on a continuous basis without compensation for the duration of the power of attorney and shall not be considered to be a foster parent subject to licensure by the department of human services pursuant to Code chapter 237 (child foster care facilities). A power of attorney executed under the bill by a parent, guardian, or legal custodian shall not constitute abandonment, abuse, or neglect of the child under Code chapter 232 by the parent, guardian, or legal custodian unless the parent, guardian, or legal custodian fails to take custody of the child or to execute a subsequent power of attorney upon the expiration of the power of attorney. The bill provides power of attorney execution requirements and requires the department of human services, in consultation with the judicial branch, to develop forms for carrying out the provisions of the bill.204 (power of attorney under the uniform deployed parents custody and visitation Act).
Changed since by amendment S-3107; see Amendments.
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