Licensure of Family Foster Homes; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to adopt rules to streamline the licensure application process for licensed foster parents who relocate within this state; requiring that such rules include priority review of applications, expedited home studies and background checks, and recognition of prior foster parent training coursework, etc.
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 989 (Ch. 2025-63)
Substituted CS/CS/HB 989
Read 2nd time
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Now in Rules
CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/12/25, 8:30 am, 301 Senate Building
Introduced
Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules
Filed
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| S 1174 Filed | PDF HTML |
| S 1174 c1 | PDF HTML |
| S 1174 c2 | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 102620 - Amendment to S 1174 Filed | PDF HTML |
| Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (4/16/2025 5:03 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (4/15/2025 7:17 AM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) (4/14/2025 1:06 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) (4/9/2025 10:08 AM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) (3/13/2025 12:35 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) (3/11/2025 8:31 AM) |
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