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Committee holds bill to expand emergency shelter and adjust foster-care education rules for further amendment
Summary
Senate Bill 498, which would lengthen emergency shelter stays for children and simplify education requirements for foster-care supervisors, received supportive testimony from providers but was held for amendment; committee plans to reconvene to consider agreed amendment language.
Senate Bill 498, a measure that would lengthen allowable stays at emergency shelters and simplify education requirements for foster-care agency supervisors, was heard by the committee but held so members and counsel could reconcile amendment language.
Hannah Joy, executive director of IARCA, said the bill does two primary things: lengthen the time a child can remain at an Emergency Shelter for Evaluation…
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