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Kansas committee hears push to strengthen Foster Care Bill of Rights, require child-facing notice and documentation
Summary
Supporters and youth advocates told the House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care that HB 26 38 would require age-appropriate notice of foster-care rights and documented acknowledgment in the child’s file to improve accountability and help youth self-advocate.
Supporters of a proposed change to Kansas law told a House child-welfare committee on Thursday that making the state’s Foster Care Bill of Rights visible and verifiable for children would improve accountability and help youth assert basic protections.
Jesse from the Revisor’s Office told the Committee HB 26 38 would amend KSA 38-2201a, known in the bill as the Representative Gail Finney Memorial Foster Care Bill of Rights, to require that ‘‘in a manner that is age and developmentally appropriate, as soon as the child is in custody of the secretary … the secretary shall make every effort to provide oral and written notification’’ of those rights and include documentation in the child’s case file acknowledging that the child, when appropriate, received the notice.
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