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Committee advances bill requiring foster parents receive termination petitions within 7 days
Summary
House Bill 2,350, advanced to calendar/rules, would require DCS to provide foster parents who have provided nine consecutive months' physical placement a copy of petitions to terminate parental or guardianship rights within seven days of filing and to keep that petition confidential.
The committee advanced House Bill 2,350 to calendar and rules after sponsor testimony explaining the measure’s notice and confidentiality provisions for foster parents.
The sponsor said the bill "requires the Department of Children Services to provide a copy of a petition of termination of parental rights or guardianship rights to a foster parent within 7 days of the filing of service of the document if the foster parent has served as the physical placement for the child for at least 9 consecutive months and requires the foster parent maintain such a petition as confidential information." Members raised no substantive questions during the floor explanation. The clerk recorded 15 ayes, 1 no and 1 present not voting.
Sponsor and members did not discuss specific funding implications during the floor hearing. The bill now moves to the calendar for potential further committee referral.
