CA AB 2830

Title: Foster care: relative placement: approval process.
Author: Robert A. Rivas

Summary
AB 2830, as amended, Robert Rivas. Foster care: relative placement: approval process. Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster youth in various placement settings. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to implement a unified, family friendly, and child-centered resource family approval process to replace the multiple processes for licensing foster family homes, certifying foster homes by licensed foster family agencies, approving relatives and nonrelative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving guardians and adoptive families.This bill would require the department, notwithstanding any other law and on or before January 1, 2026, to implement a simplified approval process for relative caregivers to become foster care providers. The bill would authorize the department to consult with specified stakeholders to determine the changes necessary to adopt a simplified process for relative caregivers that achieve the goals of safety, permanency, and well-being for children in out-of-home care.This bill would require the department to track specified information on the approval process, including, among other information, (1) changes in the number of approved relatives and (2) existing barriers, if any, that affect implementation of the simplified approval process. The bill would require the department to report this information to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2028. The bill would make the provisions related to tracking and reporting information inoperative on June 30, 2029, and would repeal them as of January 1, 2030.

Status
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Bill Documents
CA AB 2830 - 04/15/24 - Amended Assembly
04/15/24 - CA AB 2830 (04/15/24 - Amended Assembly)