Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to prohibit housing a child in foster care in vehicles, state offices, hotels, motels, or short-term rentals except in emergency situations not exceeding 24 hours; require a child in foster care to be placed in kinship care placements, fictive kin placements, licensed foster family homes, or licensed child-caring facilities; prohibit moving a child in foster care more than 2 times per year unless extenuating circumstances necessitate the change; require a cabinet employee to provide a written explanation for any foster child placement change beyond the initial placement; require the Department for Community Based Services to promulgate administrative regulations to prioritize housing stability and minimize placement disruptions for foster care youth; amend KRS 620.320 to require the State Citizen Foster Care Review Board to report on the number of children moved more than 2 times within a 12-month period.
