Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB1266 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE BILL 103
3	3	By Lamberth
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5	5	SENATE BILL 1266
6	6	By Johnson
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9	9	SB1266
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13	13	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37;
14	14	Title 49 and Title 55, relative to department of
15	15	children's services programs.
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17	17	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
18	18	SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-2-604(d), is amended by
19	19	deleting the language "twenty-first" and substituting "twenty-third".
20	20	SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-2-604(c), is amended by
21	21	deleting the subsection and substituting:
22	22	(c) The extension of foster care services may be provided on a voluntary basis
23	23	to a young adult who was in the custody of the department at the time of the young
24	24	adult's eighteenth birthday or a young adult who was adopted from, or approved for
25	25	subsidized permanent guardianship by, the department and was at least sixteen (16)
26	26	years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time of adoption or
27	27	approval for subsidized permanent guardianship. A young adult who satisfies either
28	28	criterion may, from eighteen (18) years of age until twenty-three (23) years of age,
29	29	receive extension of foster care services if the young adult is:
30	30	(1) Completing secondary education or a program leading to an
31	31	equivalent credential;
32	32	(2) Enrolled in an institution that provides postsecondary or career or
33	33	technical education;
34	34	(3) Participating in a program or activity designed to promote
35	35	employment or remove barriers to employment;
36	36	(4) Employed for at least eighty (80) hours per month; or
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41	41	(5) Incapable of doing any of the activities in subdivisions (c)(1)-(4) due
42	42	to a medical condition, including a developmental or intellectual condition, which
43	43	inability is supported by regularly updated information in the young adult's
44	44	permanency plan. In such a case, the young adult must be in compliance with
45	45	a course of treatment as recommended by the department.
46	46	SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-2-604(e)(4), is amended by
47	47	deleting the subdivision and substituting:
48	48	(4) If the young adult did not achieve permanency through adoption or
49	49	subsidized permanent guardianship, attend a court hearing or administrative review
50	50	every six (6) months until reaching twenty-one (21) years of age.
51	51	SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-179, is amended by deleting
52	52	"a minimum of five (5) public institutions" and substituting "participating institutions" and by
53	53	deleting "public" wherever it appears and substituting "participating".
54	54	SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-179, is amended by deleting
55	55	subsection (d).
56	56	SECTION 6. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-50-312, is amended by deleting
57	57	subsection (h) and substituting:
58	58	(h) A person must not be charged a fee for issuance, renewal, or reinstatement
59	59	of a driver license, instruction permit, intermediate driver license, or photo identification
60	60	card if the person's application is accompanied by evidence that the person is:
61	61	(1) Under eighteen (18) years of age and in the custody of the
62	62	department of children's services; or
63	63	(2) Receiving services under the department of children's services
64	64	extension of foster care program or juvenile justice programs.
65	65	SECTION 7. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.