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Senate approves foster‑care change after foster mother’s account of a child’s hospital stays
Summary
The Utah Senate passed second substitute House Bill 170, a measure that tightens rules for removing long‑term foster children and requires written explanations for removals after senators heard from a foster parent about repeated hospitalizations and caseworker changes.
The Utah Senate on March 9 approved second substitute House Bill 170, a measure intended to make it harder to remove long‑term foster children from stable homes and to require written explanations for removal decisions.
Sen. Jenkins, the bill sponsor, introduced foster parent Desiree Hennessy to the chamber and said the legislation responds to a recent local situation in which a foster child experienced multiple hospitalizations and subsequent placement moves after a change in the child’s DCFS caseworker. Jenkins said the bill would require an explanation be written when a…
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