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SB2879 SD1

Measure Title:	RELATING TO FOSTER CHILDREN.
Report Title:	Foster Children; Caregiver; Prudent Parent Standard
Description:	Updates the wording from "foster boarding home" to "resource family home" and "foster parents" to "resource caregivers"; establishes qualified immunity for resource caregivers and child caring institutions; adds the requirement that resource caregivers and child care institutions use the reasonable and prudent parent standard when authorizing children in foster care to participate in activities; and changes from sixteen to fourteen years the minimum age at which children in foster care are to be involved in their foster care plans. (SD1)
Companion:	HB2350
Package:	Governor
Current Referral:	HMS, JDL
Introducer(s):	KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)
Act:

Sort by Date		Status Text
2/8/2016	S	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
2/8/2016	S	Reported from HMS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2069) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDL.
2/2/2016	S	The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HMS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chun Oakland, Riviere, Green, Ruderman, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, Slom.
1/29/2016	S	The committee(s) on HMS added the measure to the public hearing scheduled on 02-02-16 1:15PM in conference room 016.
1/29/2016	S	Referred to HMS, JDL.
1/27/2016	S	Passed First Reading.
1/27/2016	S	Introduced.

S = Senate | H = House | D = Data Systems | $ = Appropriation measure | ConAm = Constitutional Amendment

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