CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1436Introduced by Assembly Member Mark StoneFebruary 22, 2019 An act relating to foster care. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1436, as introduced, Mark Stone. Foster care.Existing federal law requires a child who is eligible for foster care maintenance payments, or who would be eligible under specified conditions, to be eligible for those payments for 12 months or less when the child is placed with a parent who is in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility for substance abuse. Existing state law requires, in order to be eligible for foster care maintenance payments, a child to be placed in specified settings, including, among others, the approved home of a resource family.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to utilize new types of foster care placements that are authorized by the federal Family First Prevention Services Act by authorizing, and creating a structure for, the placement of children with parents who are residing in licensed residential family-based treatment facilities in a manner that enables counties to continue receiving federal funding for the placements to the maximum extent possible.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that does both of the following:(a) Enables county child welfare agencies, at their option, to utilize new types of foster care placements that are authorized by the federal Family First Prevention Services Act (P.L. 115-123) by authorizing, and creating a structure for, the placement of children with parents who are residing in licensed residential family-based treatment facilities.(b) Accomplishes the provisions of subdivision (a) in a manner that enables counties to continue receiving federal funding under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act for the placements to the maximum extent possible.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1436Introduced by Assembly Member Mark StoneFebruary 22, 2019 An act relating to foster care. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1436, as introduced, Mark Stone. Foster care.Existing federal law requires a child who is eligible for foster care maintenance payments, or who would be eligible under specified conditions, to be eligible for those payments for 12 months or less when the child is placed with a parent who is in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility for substance abuse. Existing state law requires, in order to be eligible for foster care maintenance payments, a child to be placed in specified settings, including, among others, the approved home of a resource family.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to utilize new types of foster care placements that are authorized by the federal Family First Prevention Services Act by authorizing, and creating a structure for, the placement of children with parents who are residing in licensed residential family-based treatment facilities in a manner that enables counties to continue receiving federal funding for the placements to the maximum extent possible.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1436
Introduced by Assembly Member Mark StoneFebruary 22, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Mark Stone
February 22, 2019
An act relating to foster care.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1436, as introduced, Mark Stone. Foster care.
Existing federal law requires a child who is eligible for foster care maintenance payments, or who would be eligible under specified conditions, to be eligible for those payments for 12 months or less when the child is placed with a parent who is in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility for substance abuse. Existing state law requires, in order to be eligible for foster care maintenance payments, a child to be placed in specified settings, including, among others, the approved home of a resource family.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to utilize new types of foster care placements that are authorized by the federal Family First Prevention Services Act by authorizing, and creating a structure for, the placement of children with parents who are residing in licensed residential family-based treatment facilities in a manner that enables counties to continue receiving federal funding for the placements to the maximum extent possible.
Existing federal law requires a child who is eligible for foster care maintenance payments, or who would be eligible under specified conditions, to be eligible for those payments for 12 months or less when the child is placed with a parent who is in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility for substance abuse. Existing state law requires, in order to be eligible for foster care maintenance payments, a child to be placed in specified settings, including, among others, the approved home of a resource family.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to utilize new types of foster care placements that are authorized by the federal Family First Prevention Services Act by authorizing, and creating a structure for, the placement of children with parents who are residing in licensed residential family-based treatment facilities in a manner that enables counties to continue receiving federal funding for the placements to the maximum extent possible.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that does both of the following:(a) Enables county child welfare agencies, at their option, to utilize new types of foster care placements that are authorized by the federal Family First Prevention Services Act (P.L. 115-123) by authorizing, and creating a structure for, the placement of children with parents who are residing in licensed residential family-based treatment facilities.(b) Accomplishes the provisions of subdivision (a) in a manner that enables counties to continue receiving federal funding under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act for the placements to the maximum extent possible.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that does both of the following:(a) Enables county child welfare agencies, at their option, to utilize new types of foster care placements that are authorized by the federal Family First Prevention Services Act (P.L. 115-123) by authorizing, and creating a structure for, the placement of children with parents who are residing in licensed residential family-based treatment facilities.(b) Accomplishes the provisions of subdivision (a) in a manner that enables counties to continue receiving federal funding under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act for the placements to the maximum extent possible.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that does both of the following:(a) Enables county child welfare agencies, at their option, to utilize new types of foster care placements that are authorized by the federal Family First Prevention Services Act (P.L. 115-123) by authorizing, and creating a structure for, the placement of children with parents who are residing in licensed residential family-based treatment facilities.(b) Accomplishes the provisions of subdivision (a) in a manner that enables counties to continue receiving federal funding under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act for the placements to the maximum extent possible.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that does both of the following:
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(a) Enables county child welfare agencies, at their option, to utilize new types of foster care placements that are authorized by the federal Family First Prevention Services Act (P.L. 115-123) by authorizing, and creating a structure for, the placement of children with parents who are residing in licensed residential family-based treatment facilities.
(b) Accomplishes the provisions of subdivision (a) in a manner that enables counties to continue receiving federal funding under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act for the placements to the maximum extent possible.