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Tennessee House Bill HB0103 Compare Versions

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2		-	SENATE BILL 1266
3		-	By Johnson
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5	4		HOUSE BILL 103
6	5		By Lamberth
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9	8		HB0103
10	9		001207
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13	12		AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37;
14	13		Title 49 and Title 55, relative to department of
15	14		children's services programs.
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17	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
18	17		SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-2-604(d), is amended by
19	18		deleting the language "twenty-first" and substituting "twenty-third".
20	19		SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-2-604(c), is amended by
21	20		deleting the subsection and substituting:
22	21		(c) The extension of foster care services may be provided on a voluntary basis
23	22		to a young adult who was in the custody of the department at the time of the young
24	23		adult's eighteenth birthday or a young adult who was adopted from, or approved for
25	24		subsidized permanent guardianship by, the department and was at least sixteen (16)
26	25		years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time of adoption or
27	26		approval for subsidized permanent guardianship. A young adult who satisfies either
28	27		criterion may, from eighteen (18) years of age until twenty-three (23) years of age,
29	28		receive extension of foster care services if the young adult is:
30	29		(1) Completing secondary education or a program leading to an
31	30		equivalent credential;
32	31		(2) Enrolled in an institution that provides postsecondary or career or
33	32		technical education;
34	33		(3) Participating in a program or activity designed to promote
35	34		employment or remove barriers to employment;
36	35		(4) Employed for at least eighty (80) hours per month; or
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41	40		(5) Incapable of doing any of the activities in subdivisions (c)(1)-(4) due
42	41		to a medical condition, including a developmental or intellectual condition, which
43	42		inability is supported by regularly updated information in the young adult's
44	43		permanency plan. In such a case, the young adult must be in compliance with
45	44		a course of treatment as recommended by the department.
46	45		SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-2-604(e)(4), is amended by
47	46		deleting the subdivision and substituting:
48	47		(4) If the young adult did not achieve permanency through adoption or
49	48		subsidized permanent guardianship, attend a court hearing or administrative review
50	49		every six (6) months until reaching twenty-one (21) years of age.
51	50		SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-179, is amended by deleting
52	51		"a minimum of five (5) public institutions" and substituting "participating institutions" and by
53	52		deleting "public" wherever it appears and substituting "participating".
54	53		SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-179, is amended by deleting
55	54		subsection (d).
56	55		SECTION 6. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-50-312, is amended by deleting
57	56		subsection (h) and substituting:
58	57		(h) A person must not be charged a fee for issuance, renewal, or reinstatement
59	58		of a driver license, instruction permit, intermediate driver license, or photo identification
60	59		card if the person's application is accompanied by evidence that the person is:
61	60		(1) Under eighteen (18) years of age and in the custody of the
62	61		department of children's services; or
63	62		(2) Receiving services under the department of children's services
64	63		extension of foster care program or juvenile justice programs.
65	64		SECTION 7. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.