Requests the Department of Children and Family Services to report to the legislature on the impact and success of the department's guidelines on care setting decision making for children under age six.
Requests the Department of Children and Family Services to study extending the age of foster care to age twenty-one.
Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to report on vaccination rates for children ages three through seventeen.
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to evaluate and report on services offered to children in out-of-home care settings.
Requests the Louisiana Department of Health, the Department of Children and Family Services, and the office of the governor to study voluntary universal home visiting for all families with young children in the state of Louisiana.
Reorganizes the Department of Children and Family Services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Creates the Dept. of Health and Hospitals and Children and Family Services, abolishes the Dept. of Health and Hospitals (DHH) and the Dept. of Children and Family Services (DCFS), and creates separate entities within the new department as successors to the abolished departments (RE INCREASE See Note)
Requests the Department of Children and Family Services to provide information regarding luggage provided to foster children.
Requests the Department of Children and Family Services to enact policies relative to children giving birth.
An Act Concerning Voluntary Services Within The Department Of Children And Families.