Lisa Calderon
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 56
Author
(1) Existing law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, establishes procedures for the reporting and investigation of suspected child abuse or neglect. The act requires certain professionals, including specified health practitioners and social workers, known as "mandated reporters," to report known or suspected child abuse or neglect to a local law enforcement agency or a county welfare or probation department, as specified. Existing law requires, in certain circumstances, a copy of a report made pursuant to these provisions to be sent to the attorney who represents the child who is the subject of the report in dependency court. This bill would require, when one of those agencies receives a report alleging abuse or neglect of the child of a minor dependent parent or a nonminor dependent parent, the agency to notify the attorney who represents the minor parent or nonminor dependent in dependency court within 36 hours of receiving the report. By expanding the duties of local agencies that receive reports alleging abuse or neglect of children, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law establishes the grounds for removal of a dependent child from the custody of the child's parents or guardian and generally requires the court to order the social worker to provide designated child welfare services, including family reunification services, to the removed child and the child's mother and statutorily presumed father or guardians. Under existing law, reunification services do not need to be provided if the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that, among other things, the court ordered termination of reunification services, under specified circumstances, for any siblings or half siblings of the child or the parental rights of the parent over any sibling or half sibling of the child had been permanently severed. Under existing law, those grounds for denying reunification services do not apply if the parent is a minor dependent or adjudged a ward of the juvenile court, as specified. This bill would specify that those grounds for denying reunification services also do not apply if the parent is a nonminor dependent parent or if the only times the court ordered termination of reunification services for any siblings or half siblings of the child, or permanently severed parental rights over any siblings or half siblings of the child, were when the parent was a minor parent, a nonminor dependent parent, or adjudged a ward of the juvenile court. By increasing the number of families required to be provided reunification services, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law, in the case of a child for whom one or both minor parents have been adjudged to be a dependent child or a ward of the juvenile court, requires a party seeking an involuntary foster care placement of, or termination of parental rights over, a child born to a parent or parents who were minors at the time of the child's birth to demonstrate to the court that reasonable efforts were made to provide remedial services designed to prevent the removal of the child from the minor parent or parents, and that these efforts have proved unsuccessful. This bill would make that provision also applicable to nonminor dependent parents. The bill would also require a social worker or probation officer to use a strengths-based approach to supporting a minor or nonminor dependent parent in providing a safe and permanent home for their child and would prohibit an investigation from being conducted for the child of a minor parent or nonminor dependent parent unless a report has been made pursuant to the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act. (4) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 361.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code proposed by AB 788 to be operative only if this bill and AB 788 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (5) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 585, Statutes of 2021.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2632.).
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3164.).
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3163.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Ordered to the Senate.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Ordered to third reading.
Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly.
Joint Rule 61 suspended.
Pursuant to JR 33.1
In Senate. Held at Desk.
Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2391.).
Ordered to special consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S., JUD. and PUB. S.
Action rescinded whereby the bill was referred to Com. on PUB. S.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1638.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB670 | HTML |
| 02/12/21 - Introduced | |
| 04/13/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/07/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/15/21 - Enrolled | |
| 10/06/21 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/06/21- Assembly Human Services | |
| 04/16/21- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 05/11/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/24/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/18/21- Senate Human Services | |
| 07/02/21- Senate Judiciary | |
| 08/13/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/28/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/08/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/10/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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