BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1147 (Yamada)
As Amended June 30, 2011
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |78-0 |(May 31, 2011) |SENATE: |34-0 |(August 22, |
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Original Committee Reference: HUM. S.
SUMMARY : Requires social workers to file a report with the
court for review at periodic status review hearings documenting
the services provided to allow a minor parent in foster care to
provide a safe home for his or her child.
The Senate amendments replace references to the Teen Parents in
Foster Care Act throughout the bill, with the applicable Welfare
and Institutions Code Sections (16002.5 for the Teen Parents in
Foster Care Act and 16004.6 for the whole family foster home
statute) for ease of reference.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY, this bill required the county welfare
department or social worker to include in the supplemental
report documentation of the age and developmentally appropriate
services that were provided to a minor parent to allow him or
her to provide a safe home, consistent with the definition in
the Teen Parents in Foster Care Act of 2004 for review during
periodic status review hearings.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, costs associated with this bill are minor and
absorbable within existing resources.
COMMENTS :
The Teen Parents in Foster Care Act passed in 2004 asserted the
intent of the Legislature to provide teen parents in foster care
with the supports and services required to keep foster youth and
their children in safe, stable, and supportive environments
whenever possible. According to the author, while the Teen
Parents in Foster Care Act sought to keep dependent youth's
families intact, it did not include a means to measure and
evaluate the success or barriers to placement of teen foster
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parents with their children.
This bill would require, for teen parents in foster care, an
accounting of the age and developmentally appropriate services
provided to the foster youth as part of the supplemental report
filed by the social worker with the court for each periodic
status review hearing. According to the author, addition of
this information to the supplemental report will ensure the
court will have the ability to compare the services provided to
the youth with those recommended in the minor parent's case
plan, and to identify possible barriers to placement of teen
foster parents and their children.
Analysis Prepared by : Michelle Doty Cabrera / HUM. S. / (916)
319-2089
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