RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 237 (SB 211) 2018 Regular Session Gatti
Prior law, relative to children returning from foster care, provided that lack of parental
compliance in a case plan consists of a parent's:
(1)Failure to attend scheduled visitation.
(2)Failure to communicate with child.
(3)Failure to provide their whereabouts and changes affecting case plan.
(4)Failure to contribute to foster care.
(5)Repeated failure to comply with programs and rehabilitation services.
(6)Lack of substantial improvement in recurring problems.
(7)Persistence of conditions that led to removal.
New law retains prior law and adds a parent's failure to provide a negative test result for all
synthetic or other controlled dangerous substances, except for any drug for which the parent
has lawfully received a prescription, at the completion of a reasonable case plan.
New law defines "controlled dangerous substance".
Effective upon signature of governor (May 15, 2018).
(Amends Ch.C. Art. 1036(C))