CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2403Introduced by Assembly Member BennettFebruary 17, 2022 An act to amend Section 396 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to foster care. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2403, as introduced, Bennett. Foster care.Existing law sets forth the policy of the Legislature with regard to foster care, including, among other things, that foster care should be a temporary method of care for the children of this state and that children have a right to a normal home life free from abuse. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that policy provision.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. Section 396 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:396. It is the policy of the Legislature that foster care should be a temporary method of care for the children of this state, that children have a right to a normal home life free from abuse, that reunification with the natural parent or parents or another alternate permanent living situation such as situation, including adoption or guardianship guardianship, is more suitable to a childs well-being than is foster care, that this state has a responsibility to attempt to ensure that children are given the chance to have happy and healthy lives, and that, to the extent possible, the current practice of moving children receiving foster care services from one foster home to another until they reach the age of majority should be discontinued.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2403Introduced by Assembly Member BennettFebruary 17, 2022 An act to amend Section 396 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to foster care. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2403, as introduced, Bennett. Foster care.Existing law sets forth the policy of the Legislature with regard to foster care, including, among other things, that foster care should be a temporary method of care for the children of this state and that children have a right to a normal home life free from abuse. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that policy provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2403
Introduced by Assembly Member BennettFebruary 17, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Bennett
February 17, 2022
An act to amend Section 396 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to foster care.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2403, as introduced, Bennett. Foster care.
Existing law sets forth the policy of the Legislature with regard to foster care, including, among other things, that foster care should be a temporary method of care for the children of this state and that children have a right to a normal home life free from abuse. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that policy provision.
Existing law sets forth the policy of the Legislature with regard to foster care, including, among other things, that foster care should be a temporary method of care for the children of this state and that children have a right to a normal home life free from abuse.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that policy provision.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 396 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:396. It is the policy of the Legislature that foster care should be a temporary method of care for the children of this state, that children have a right to a normal home life free from abuse, that reunification with the natural parent or parents or another alternate permanent living situation such as situation, including adoption or guardianship guardianship, is more suitable to a childs well-being than is foster care, that this state has a responsibility to attempt to ensure that children are given the chance to have happy and healthy lives, and that, to the extent possible, the current practice of moving children receiving foster care services from one foster home to another until they reach the age of majority should be discontinued.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 396 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:396. It is the policy of the Legislature that foster care should be a temporary method of care for the children of this state, that children have a right to a normal home life free from abuse, that reunification with the natural parent or parents or another alternate permanent living situation such as situation, including adoption or guardianship guardianship, is more suitable to a childs well-being than is foster care, that this state has a responsibility to attempt to ensure that children are given the chance to have happy and healthy lives, and that, to the extent possible, the current practice of moving children receiving foster care services from one foster home to another until they reach the age of majority should be discontinued.
SECTION 1. Section 396 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
396. It is the policy of the Legislature that foster care should be a temporary method of care for the children of this state, that children have a right to a normal home life free from abuse, that reunification with the natural parent or parents or another alternate permanent living situation such as situation, including adoption or guardianship guardianship, is more suitable to a childs well-being than is foster care, that this state has a responsibility to attempt to ensure that children are given the chance to have happy and healthy lives, and that, to the extent possible, the current practice of moving children receiving foster care services from one foster home to another until they reach the age of majority should be discontinued.
396. It is the policy of the Legislature that foster care should be a temporary method of care for the children of this state, that children have a right to a normal home life free from abuse, that reunification with the natural parent or parents or another alternate permanent living situation such as situation, including adoption or guardianship guardianship, is more suitable to a childs well-being than is foster care, that this state has a responsibility to attempt to ensure that children are given the chance to have happy and healthy lives, and that, to the extent possible, the current practice of moving children receiving foster care services from one foster home to another until they reach the age of majority should be discontinued.
396. It is the policy of the Legislature that foster care should be a temporary method of care for the children of this state, that children have a right to a normal home life free from abuse, that reunification with the natural parent or parents or another alternate permanent living situation such as situation, including adoption or guardianship guardianship, is more suitable to a childs well-being than is foster care, that this state has a responsibility to attempt to ensure that children are given the chance to have happy and healthy lives, and that, to the extent possible, the current practice of moving children receiving foster care services from one foster home to another until they reach the age of majority should be discontinued.
396. It is the policy of the Legislature that foster care should be a temporary method of care for the children of this state, that children have a right to a normal home life free from abuse, that reunification with the natural parent or parents or another alternate permanent living situation such as situation, including adoption or guardianship guardianship, is more suitable to a childs well-being than is foster care, that this state has a responsibility to attempt to ensure that children are given the chance to have happy and healthy lives, and that, to the extent possible, the current practice of moving children receiving foster care services from one foster home to another until they reach the age of majority should be discontinued.