Tom Ammiano
- Democratic
Author
Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, requires the State Department of Social Services to license and regulate community care facilities, including foster family agencies and other facilities that provide foster care services for children. A violation of community care facility provisions is a misdemeanor. Existing law requires the department to develop, and an administrator of a group home facility to complete, a certification program that includes training in various areas, including the rights of foster children. Existing law requires a foster family agency to provide, and a licensed foster parent to complete, preplacement training and additional annual training in various areas, including the rights of foster children. Existing law also requires a community college district with a foster care education program to make orientation and training available to a relative or nonrelative extended family member caregiver, as specified. The bill would require the training for an administrator of a group home facility, licensed foster parent, and relative or nonrelative extended family member caregiver to also include instruction on cultural competency and sensitivity relating to, and best practices for, providing adequate care to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth in out-of-home care. Existing law provides that it is the policy of the state that foster children have specified rights. This bill would provide that foster children also have the right to have caregivers and child welfare personnel who have received instruction on cultural competency and sensitivity relating to, and best practices for, providing adequate care to LGBT youth in out-of-home care.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 639, Statutes of 2012.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:10 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 26. Page 6412.).
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 4748.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Withdrawn from committee.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 4665.)
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 25).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB1856 | HTML |
| 02/22/12 - Introduced | |
| 08/20/12 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/06/12 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/12 - Chaptered |
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