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Relating to payment by the state of adoption expenses incurred by a foster parent in adopting a foster child
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 10, 2024
- 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 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The state would pay for adoption costs if a foster parent adopts a child they were already caring for in foster care. To qualify, the child must be under one year old when the legal process to end the biological parents' rights begins. These payments cover things like court costs and lawyer fees, as long as no other group is paying for them.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to payment by the state of adoption expenses incurred when the adoption is of a foster child by a foster parent. The bill provides that the department of health and human services (HHS) shall, within the limits of funds appropriated to HHS or received by HHS for this purpose, pay the adoption expenses incurred by an individual if: the child is adopted by the individual with whom the child was placed in child foster care, the child is the subject of a termination of parental rights (TPR) proceeding pursuant to Code chapter 232 (juvenile justice), and the child is less than 12 months of age at the time the TPR proceeding commences. The bill directs HHS to adopt administrative rules to administer the bill. The bill includes definitions used in the bill including “adoption expenses” which means the reasonable and necessary adoption fees, court costs, attorney fees, and other expenses which are directly related to the legal adoption of a child, and which are not reimbursed by any other source.