Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia House Bill HB256

Introduced

2/4/25

Social services; foster parents bill of rights; revise provisions

No companion bills found.

Programs and Protection for Children; foster parents bill of rights; revise provisions

Children and Youth Services; respite care for foster parents for longer periods of time pursuant to circumstances; authorize

Juvenile Code; termination of parental rights involving parental incapacity and child maltreatment; expedite and prioritize processes

Buildings and housing; tenant selection; revise provisions

Georgia Women's Bill of Rights; enact

Georgia Youth Homelessness Act; enact

Courts and Social Services; licensing of qualified residential treatment programs; provide

Minors; enter into the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children; definitions; provisions; provide

Veterans Bill of Rights; provide

Income tax; contributions to foster child support organizations; expand tax credit

Unlicensed residential foster care facilities: temporary placement management.

Child welfare: adoption.

Child daycare facilities.

Commercially sexually exploited children.

Child day care facilities: infant to schoolage license.

Programs and Protection for Children; foster parents bill of rights; revise provisions

Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025.

County agencies: interns and student assistants: hiring preference.