Committee advances amendment to HB256, agrees to revisit bill language on caregiver definitions
The Judiciary juvenile committee heard HB256, a foster-parent bill of rights substitute, approved an amendment clarifying references to foster home approval (not licensure), debated whether to broaden protections to 'foster placements,' and agreed to table the measure for further drafting and legislative-council review.
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Chairman Gullett presented HB256, a substitute to update the foster parent bill of rights, to the Judiciary juvenile committee and said the measure ‘‘just clarifies existing rights around communication, training, case plan participation, and normalcy for children’’ while not changing judicial custody or adding new spending.
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