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Senate approves bill to protect foster parents’ addresses in HHS records
Summary
House File 2526 passed the Senate (44–0), prohibiting HHS from knowingly providing documents with foster parents' addresses to biological parents unless redacted, a measure the sponsor described as addressing hostile relationships between biological and foster parents.
The Senate approved House File 2526 unanimously, with the sponsor describing the bill as a privacy measure to protect foster parents where there has been hostility from biological parents.
Senator Salmon explained that the bill "prohibits HHS from knowingly providing documents that contain the address of foster parents to the biological parents unless the address is redacted," and said the change addresses situations where there has been a hostile relationship between biological and foster parents. Senator Salmon moved the bill for final passage; the clerk read the bill title and the roll-call vote recorded 44 ayes and 0 nays. The bill was declared to have passed the Senate and was ordered messaged to the House by unanimous consent along with the other passed measures.
Action: Final passage recorded 44–0; the bill will be sent to the House.
