CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1887Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesJanuary 22, 2024 An act to add and repeal Section 16521.4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to foster care.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1887, as introduced, Cervantes. Foster care: LGBTQ youth.Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster youth in various placement settings and governs the provision of child welfare services, which is defined to mean public social services that are directed toward the accomplishment of specified purposes, including protecting and promoting the welfare of all children, preventing the unnecessary separation of children from their families, and restoring to their families children who have been removed. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with county child welfare agencies and other specified entities, to implement a unified, family friendly, and child-centered resource family approval process to replace the existing multiple processes for licensing foster family homes, certifying foster homes by licensed foster family agencies, approving relatives and nonrelative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving guardians and adoptive families.This bill would require the department to convene a workgroup to create a report with recommendations to prevent housing instability among LGBTQ youth in foster care. The bill would require the workgroup to submit that report on or before January 1, 2026, as specified. The bill would repeal those provisions on January 1, 2028.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 16521.4 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:16521.4. (a) (1) The department shall convene a workgroup to create a report with recommendations to prevent housing instability among LGBTQ youth in foster care.(2) The workgroup established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall address whether strengthening case management and services for those transitioning from foster care would eliminate housing instability among LGBTQ youth.(3) The report required pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted on or before January 1, 2026.(b) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1887Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesJanuary 22, 2024 An act to add and repeal Section 16521.4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to foster care.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1887, as introduced, Cervantes. Foster care: LGBTQ youth.Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster youth in various placement settings and governs the provision of child welfare services, which is defined to mean public social services that are directed toward the accomplishment of specified purposes, including protecting and promoting the welfare of all children, preventing the unnecessary separation of children from their families, and restoring to their families children who have been removed. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with county child welfare agencies and other specified entities, to implement a unified, family friendly, and child-centered resource family approval process to replace the existing multiple processes for licensing foster family homes, certifying foster homes by licensed foster family agencies, approving relatives and nonrelative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving guardians and adoptive families.This bill would require the department to convene a workgroup to create a report with recommendations to prevent housing instability among LGBTQ youth in foster care. The bill would require the workgroup to submit that report on or before January 1, 2026, as specified. The bill would repeal those provisions on January 1, 2028.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1887
Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesJanuary 22, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Cervantes
January 22, 2024
An act to add and repeal Section 16521.4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to foster care.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1887, as introduced, Cervantes. Foster care: LGBTQ youth.
Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster youth in various placement settings and governs the provision of child welfare services, which is defined to mean public social services that are directed toward the accomplishment of specified purposes, including protecting and promoting the welfare of all children, preventing the unnecessary separation of children from their families, and restoring to their families children who have been removed. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with county child welfare agencies and other specified entities, to implement a unified, family friendly, and child-centered resource family approval process to replace the existing multiple processes for licensing foster family homes, certifying foster homes by licensed foster family agencies, approving relatives and nonrelative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving guardians and adoptive families.This bill would require the department to convene a workgroup to create a report with recommendations to prevent housing instability among LGBTQ youth in foster care. The bill would require the workgroup to submit that report on or before January 1, 2026, as specified. The bill would repeal those provisions on January 1, 2028.
Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster youth in various placement settings and governs the provision of child welfare services, which is defined to mean public social services that are directed toward the accomplishment of specified purposes, including protecting and promoting the welfare of all children, preventing the unnecessary separation of children from their families, and restoring to their families children who have been removed. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with county child welfare agencies and other specified entities, to implement a unified, family friendly, and child-centered resource family approval process to replace the existing multiple processes for licensing foster family homes, certifying foster homes by licensed foster family agencies, approving relatives and nonrelative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving guardians and adoptive families.
This bill would require the department to convene a workgroup to create a report with recommendations to prevent housing instability among LGBTQ youth in foster care. The bill would require the workgroup to submit that report on or before January 1, 2026, as specified. The bill would repeal those provisions on January 1, 2028.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 16521.4 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:16521.4. (a) (1) The department shall convene a workgroup to create a report with recommendations to prevent housing instability among LGBTQ youth in foster care.(2) The workgroup established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall address whether strengthening case management and services for those transitioning from foster care would eliminate housing instability among LGBTQ youth.(3) The report required pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted on or before January 1, 2026.(b) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.
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 16521.4 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:16521.4. (a) (1) The department shall convene a workgroup to create a report with recommendations to prevent housing instability among LGBTQ youth in foster care.(2) The workgroup established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall address whether strengthening case management and services for those transitioning from foster care would eliminate housing instability among LGBTQ youth.(3) The report required pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted on or before January 1, 2026.(b) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.
SECTION 1. Section 16521.4 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:
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16521.4. (a) (1) The department shall convene a workgroup to create a report with recommendations to prevent housing instability among LGBTQ youth in foster care.(2) The workgroup established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall address whether strengthening case management and services for those transitioning from foster care would eliminate housing instability among LGBTQ youth.(3) The report required pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted on or before January 1, 2026.(b) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.
16521.4. (a) (1) The department shall convene a workgroup to create a report with recommendations to prevent housing instability among LGBTQ youth in foster care.(2) The workgroup established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall address whether strengthening case management and services for those transitioning from foster care would eliminate housing instability among LGBTQ youth.(3) The report required pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted on or before January 1, 2026.(b) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.
16521.4. (a) (1) The department shall convene a workgroup to create a report with recommendations to prevent housing instability among LGBTQ youth in foster care.(2) The workgroup established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall address whether strengthening case management and services for those transitioning from foster care would eliminate housing instability among LGBTQ youth.(3) The report required pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted on or before January 1, 2026.(b) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.
16521.4. (a) (1) The department shall convene a workgroup to create a report with recommendations to prevent housing instability among LGBTQ youth in foster care.
(2) The workgroup established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall address whether strengthening case management and services for those transitioning from foster care would eliminate housing instability among LGBTQ youth.
(3) The report required pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted on or before January 1, 2026.
(b) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.