HB 453

Abstract

Kinship foster care; barrier crimes. Allows local boards of social services or child-placing agencies to approve kinship foster care parent applicants who have been convicted of certain felony drug offenses if five years have elapsed since the date of the conviction, where under current law 10 years must have elapsed in order to be eligible for approval as a kinship foster care parent. The bill also adds exceptions for certain misdemeanor assault and battery convictions not involving a minor if five years have elapsed since the date of the conviction. The bill directs the State Board of Social Services to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill to be effective no later than September 1, 2024.

Kinship foster care; barrier crimes. Allowslocal boards of social services or child-placing agencies to approvekinship foster care parent applicants who have been convicted ofcertain felony drug offenses if five years have elapsed since thedate of the conviction, where under current law 10 years must have elapsed in order to be eligible for approval as a kinship fostercare parent. The bill also adds exceptions for certain misdemeanorassault and battery convictions not involving the abuse, neglect,or moral turpitude of a minor if five years have elapsed since thedate of the conviction. The bill directs the State Board of SocialServices to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of thebill to be effective no later than September 1, 2024.