Amended in Senate June 14, 2013

Amended in Assembly April 1, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 346

Introduced by Assembly Member Stone

February 13, 2013

An act to amend Section 1502 of, and to add Section 1502.35 to, the Health and Safety Code, begin insert and to amend Sections 319, 361.2, 450, 727, 11400, and 11402 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, end insert relating to community care facilities.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 346, as amended, Stone. begin delete Emergency youth shelter facilities. end delete begin insert Runaway and homeless youth shelters. end insert

Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensing and regulation of community care facilities, as defined, by the State Department of Social Services. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor.

This bill would include within the definition of a community care facility begin delete an emergency youth shelter facility, end delete begin insert a runaway and homeless youth shelter, end insert as defined. The bill would require the department to license begin delete emergency youth shelter facilities end delete begin insert as a group home a runaway and homeless youth shelter end insert that begin delete have met end delete begin insert meets end insert specified requirements, including the requirement that begin delete facility end delete begin insert shelter end insert staff shall offer short-term, 24-hour nonmedical care and supervision and personal services to up to 25 youths who voluntarily enter the begin delete facility end delete begin insert shelter end insert . begin insert The bill would provide that a runaway and homeless youth shelter is not an eligible placement option under specified provisions. end insert The bill would require the department to adopt regulations to implement these provisions and provide that, until those regulations become effective, the department may implement these provisions by publishing information releases or similar instructions from the director.

By expanding the definition of a community care facility, this bill would change the definition of an existing crime, thus creating a state-mandated local program.

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Existing law provides for the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) program, under which counties provide payments to foster care providers on behalf of qualified children in foster care. Existing law requires a child or nonminor dependent to be placed in a specified placement in order to be eligible for AFDC-FC. Under existing law, foster care providers licensed as group homes have rates established by classifying each group home program and applying a standardized schedule of rates.

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This bill would exclude a runaway and homeless youth shelter as a group home in which a child or nonminor dependent may be placed for AFDC-FC eligibility purposes. The bill would also prohibit a runaway and homeless youth shelter program from being eligible for a rate pursuant to the above-mentioned provisions.

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The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:

1502.  

As used in this chapter:

(a) “Community care facility” means any facility, place, or
building that is maintained and operated to provide nonmedical
residential care, day treatment, adult day care, or foster family
agency services for children, adults, or children and adults,
including, but not limited to, the physically handicapped, mentally
impaired, incompetent persons, and abused or neglected children,
and includes the following:

(1) “Residential facility” means any family home, group care
facility, or similar facility determined by the director, for 24-hour
nonmedical care of persons in need of personal services,
supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of
daily living or for the protection of the individual.

(2) “Adult day program” means any community-based facility
or program that provides care to persons 18 years of age or older
in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential
for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of
these individuals on less than a 24-hour basis.

(3) “Therapeutic day services facility” means any facility that
provides nonmedical care, counseling, educational or vocational
support, or social rehabilitation services on less than a 24-hour
basis to persons under 18 years of age who would otherwise be
placed in foster care or who are returning to families from foster
care. Program standards for these facilities shall be developed by
the department, pursuant to Section 1530, in consultation with
therapeutic day services and foster care providers.

(4) “Foster family agency” means any organization engaged in
the recruiting, certifying, and training of, and providing
professional support to, foster parents, or in finding homes or other
places for placement of children for temporary or permanent care
who require that level of care as an alternative to a group home.
Private foster family agencies shall be organized and operated on
a nonprofit basis.

(5) “Foster family home” means any residential facility
providing 24-hour care for six or fewer foster children that is
owned, leased, or rented and is the residence of the foster parent
or parents, including their family, in whose care the foster children
have been placed. The placement may be by a public or private
child placement agency or by a court order, or by voluntary
placement by a parent, parents, or guardian. It also means a foster
family home described in Section 1505.2.

(6) “Small family home” means any residential facility, in the
licensee’s family residence, that provides 24-hour care for six or
fewer foster children who have mental disorders or developmental
or physical disabilities and who require special care and supervision
as a result of their disabilities. A small family home may accept
children with special health care needs, pursuant to subdivision
(a) of Section 17710 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. In
addition to placing children with special health care needs, the
department may approve placement of children without special
health care needs, up to the licensed capacity.

(7) “Social rehabilitation facility” means any residential facility
that provides social rehabilitation services for no longer than 18
months in a group setting to adults recovering from mental illness
who temporarily need assistance, guidance, or counseling. Program
components shall be subject to program standards pursuant to
Article 1 (commencing with Section 5670) of Chapter 2.5 of Part
2 of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(8) “Community treatment facility” means any residential
facility that provides mental health treatment services to children
in a group setting and that has the capacity to provide secure
containment. Program components shall be subject to program
standards developed and enforced by the State Department of
Health Care Services pursuant to Section 4094 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or
discourage placement of persons who have mental or physical
disabilities into any category of community care facility that meets
the needs of the individual placed, if the placement is consistent
with the licensing regulations of the department.

(9) “Full-service adoption agency” means any licensed entity
engaged in the business of providing adoption services, that does
all of the following:

(A) Assumes care, custody, and control of a child through
relinquishment of the child to the agency or involuntary termination
of parental rights to the child.

(B) Assesses the birth parents, prospective adoptive parents, or
child.

(C) Places children for adoption.

(D) Supervises adoptive placements.

Private full-service adoption agencies shall be organized and
operated on a nonprofit basis. As a condition of licensure to provide
intercountry adoption services, a full-service adoption agency shall
be accredited and in good standing according to Part 96 of Title
22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or supervised by an
accredited primary provider, or acting as an exempted provider,
in compliance with Subpart F (commencing with Section 96.29)
of Part 96 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(10) “Noncustodial adoption agency” means any licensed entity
engaged in the business of providing adoption services, that does
all of the following:

(A) Assesses the prospective adoptive parents.

(B) Cooperatively matches children freed for adoption, who are
under the care, custody, and control of a licensed adoption agency,
for adoption, with assessed and approved adoptive applicants.

(C) Cooperatively supervises adoptive placements with a
full-service adoptive agency, but does not disrupt a placement or
remove a child from a placement.

Private noncustodial adoption agencies shall be organized and
operated on a nonprofit basis. As a condition of licensure to provide
intercountry adoption services, a noncustodial adoption agency
shall be accredited and in good standing according to Part 96 of
Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or supervised by an
accredited primary provider, or acting as an exempted provider,
in compliance with Subpart F (commencing with Section 96.29)
of Part 96 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(11) “Transitional shelter care facility” means any group care
facility that provides for 24-hour nonmedical care of persons in
need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for
sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the
individual. Program components shall be subject to program
standards developed by the State Department of Social Services
pursuant to Section 1502.3.

(12) “Transitional housing placement provider” means an
organization licensed by the department pursuant to Section
1559.110 and Section 16522.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
to provide transitional housing to foster children at least 16 years
of age and not more than 18 years of age, and nonminor
dependents, as defined in subdivision (v) of Section 11400 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code, to promote their transition to
adulthood. A transitional housing placement provider shall be
privately operated and organized on a nonprofit basis.

(13) “Group home” means a residential facility that provides
24-hour care and supervision to begin delete children and maintains a structured
environment with services provided end delete begin insert children, delivered end insert at least in
part by staff employed by the begin delete licensee. end delete begin insert licensee in a structured
environment. end insert The care and supervision provided by a group home
shall be nonmedical, except as otherwise permitted by law.

(14)  begin delete “Emergency youth shelter facility” end delete begin insert “Runaway and homeless
youth shelter” end insert means a group home licensed by the department begin insert to
operate a program end insert pursuant to Section 1502.35 to provide
voluntary, short-term, begin delete emergency end delete shelter and personal services to
begin insert runaway youth or homeless end insert youth begin delete who are homeless or at risk of
homelessness end delete , as begin delete provided end delete begin insert defined end insert in paragraph (2) of subdivision
(a) of Section 1502.35.

(b) “Department” or “state department” means the State
Department of Social Services.

(c) “Director” means the Director of Social Services.

SEC. 2.  

Section 1502.35 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:

1502.35.  

(a) The department shall license begin delete emergency end delete begin insert a
runaway and homeless end insert youth shelter begin delete facilities end delete as begin insert a end insert group begin delete homes end delete
begin insert home end insert pursuant to this chapter. begin delete Emergency end delete begin insert A runaway and homeless end insert
youth shelter begin delete facilities end delete begin insert shelter end insert shall meet all of the following
requirements:

(1) The begin delete facility end delete begin insert shelter end insert shall offer short-term, 24-hour,
nonmedical care and supervision and personal services to youth
who voluntarily enter the begin delete facility. end delete begin insert shelter. end insert As used in this
paragraph, “short-term” means no more than 21 consecutive days
from the date of admission.

(2) The begin delete facility end delete begin insert shelter end insert shall serve begin delete only youth who are both of
the following: end delete begin insert homeless youth and runaway youth. end insert

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(A) Homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. As used in this
paragraph, youth who are “homeless or at risk of becoming
homeless” include youth who meet the definitions of “homeless
children and youths” and “unaccompanied youth” contained in
Section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. Sec. 11434a(2) and (6)).

(B) Twelve to 17 years of age, inclusive, including youth who
have emancipated pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
7110) of Part 6 of Division 11 of the Family Code, or 18 years of
age if the youth is completing high school or its equivalent.

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(A) “Homeless youth” means a youth 12 to 17 years of age,
inclusive, or 18 years of age if the youth is completing high school
or its equivalent, who is in need of services and without a place
of shelter.

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(B) “Runaway youth”means a youth 12 to 17 years of age,
inclusive, or 18 years of age if the youth is completing high school
or its equivalent, who absents himself or herself from home or
place of legal residence without the permission of his or her family,
legal guardian, or foster parent.

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(3) The begin delete facility end delete begin insert shelter end insert shall have a maximum capacity of 25
youths.

(4) The begin delete facility end delete begin insert shelter end insert shall have a ratio of one staff person to
every eight youths. For purposes of this paragraph, a volunteer
may be counted in the staff-to-youth ratio if the volunteer has
satisfied the same training requirements as a paid begin delete facility end delete begin insert shelter end insert
staff member and other requirements set forth in regulations, and
a paid begin delete facility end delete begin insert shelter end insert staff member is present during the time the
volunteer is on duty.

(5) Bunk beds may be permitted in the begin delete facility, end delete begin insert shelter, end insert but shall
not consist of more than two tiers.

(6) The begin delete facility end delete begin insert shelter end insert shall be owned and operated on a
nonprofit basis by a private nonprofit corporation, a nonprofit
organization, or a public agency.

(b)  begin delete Facility end delete begin insert Shelter end insert staff shall, prior to admission into the begin delete facility, end delete
begin insert shelter, end insert determine if a youth poses a threat to himself or herself
or others in the begin delete facility. end delete begin insert shelter. end insert A youth may not be admitted into
the begin delete facility end delete begin insert shelter end insert if it is determined that the youth poses such a
threat.

(c)  begin delete Facility end delete begin insert An assessment shall not be required for admission,
but shelter end insert staff shall assess youth served within 72 hours of
admission to the begin delete facility. end delete begin insert shelter. end insert

(d)  begin delete Facility end delete begin insert Shelter end insert staff shall assist youth served in obtaining
emergency health-related services.

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(e) The shelter shall establish procedures to assist youth in
securing long-term stability that includes all of the following:

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(1) Reconnecting the youth with his or her family, legal
guardian, or nonrelative extended family members when possible
to do so.

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(2) Coordinating with appropriate individuals, local government
agencies, or organizations to help foster youth secure a suitable
foster care placement.

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(e)

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begin insert (f) end insert  Prior to employment or interaction with youth at begin delete an
emergency youth shelter facility, end delete begin insert a runaway and homeless youth
shelter, end insert all persons specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1522
shall complete a criminal record review pursuant to Section 1522
and a Child Abuse Central Index check pursuant to Section 1522.1.

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(f) An emergency youth shelter facility

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begin insert (g) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert A runaway and homeless youth shelter end insert shall collect and
maintain all of the following information in a monthly report, in
a format specified by the department, and make the report available
to the department upon request:

(1) Total number of youth served per month.

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(2) Name of each youth served.

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(3)

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begin insert (2) end insert  Age of each youth served.

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(4)

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begin insert (3) end insert  Length of stay of each youth served.

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(5)

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begin insert (4) end insert  Number of times a youth accesses begin insert the end insert shelter and services
at the begin delete facility. end delete begin insert shelter. end insert

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(g)

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begin insert (h) end insert  Notwithstanding Section 1522.43, the department shall not
require begin delete an emergency youth shelter facility end delete begin insert a runaway and
homeless youth shelter end insert to maintain a needs and services plan, as
defined in Section 84001 of Title 22 of the California Code of
Regulations, for a youth served. Nothing in this subdivision
precludes the department from requiring begin delete an emergency youth
shelter facility end delete begin insert a runaway and homeless youth shelter end insert to maintain
an assessment, as defined by the department, for youths served.

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(h)

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begin insert (i) end insert  The department may license a begin delete facility end delete begin insert shelter end insert pursuant to
this section if the begin delete facility end delete begin insert shelter end insert is operating in two physical
locations on or before January 1, 2013, with only one physical
location providing overnight residential care, and the begin delete facility end delete begin insert shelter end insert
meets the requirements of this section. If a begin delete facility end delete begin insert shelter end insert described
in this subdivision is licensed pursuant to this section, the
department shall permit the begin delete facility end delete begin insert shelter end insert to retain its two physical
locations and issue a license for each physical location.

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(i) An emergency youth shelter facility shall not be a

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begin insert (j) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert A runaway and homeless youth shelter is not an eligible end insert
placement option pursuant to Sections 319, 361.2, 450, and 727
of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

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(j) An emergency youth shelter facility

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begin insert (k) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert A runaway and homeless youth shelter’s program end insert shall not
be eligible for a rate pursuant to Section 11462 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code. begin insert This does not preclude a runaway and homeless
youth shelter from receiving reimbursement for providing services
to a foster youth as may be provided at the discretion of a county. end insert

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(k)

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begin insert (l) end insert  On or before December 1, 2014, the department shall adopt
regulations to implement this section, in consultation with
interested parties, including representatives of provider
organizations that serve homeless or runaway youth. The
regulations developed pursuant to this subdivision shall be
contained in the regulations for group homes found in Chapter 5
(commencing with Section 84000) of Division 6 of Title 22 of the
California Code of Regulations.

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(l)

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begin insert (m) end insert  Notwithstanding the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter
3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of
Title 2 of the Government Code), the department may implement
the applicable provisions of this section by publishing information
releases or similar instructions from the director until the
regulations adopted by the department pursuant to subdivision begin delete (k) end delete
begin insert (l) end insert become effective.

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begin insert Section 319 of the end insert begin insert Welfare and Institutions Code end insert begin insert is
amended to read: end insert

319.  

(a) At the initial petition hearing, the court shall examine
the child’s parents, guardians, or other persons having relevant
knowledge and hear the relevant evidence as the child, the child’s
parents or guardians, the petitioner, or their counsel desires to
present. The court may examine the child, as provided in Section
350.

(b) The social worker shall report to the court on the reasons
why the child has been removed from the parent’s physical custody,
the need, if any, for continued detention, the available services
and the referral methods to those services that could facilitate the
return of the child to the custody of the child’s parents or guardians,
and whether there are any relatives who are able and willing to
take temporary physical custody of the child. The court shall order
the release of the child from custody unless a prima facie showing
has been made that the child comes within Section 300, the court
finds that continuance in the parent’s or guardian’s home is
contrary to the child’s welfare, and any of the following
circumstances exist:

(1) There is a substantial danger to the physical health of the
child or the child is suffering severe emotional damage, and there
are no reasonable means by which the child’s physical or emotional
health may be protected without removing the child from the
parent’s or guardian’s physical custody.

(2) There is substantial evidence that a parent, guardian, or
custodian of the child is likely to flee the jurisdiction of the court.

(3) The child has left a placement in which he or she was placed
by the juvenile court.

(4) The child indicates an unwillingness to return home, if the
child has been physically or sexually abused by a person residing
in the home.

(c) If the matter is continued pursuant to Section 322 or for any
other reason, the court shall find that the continuance of the child
in the parent’s or guardian’s home is contrary to the child’s welfare
at the initial petition hearing or order the release of the child from
custody.

(d) (1) The court shall also make a determination on the record,
referencing the social worker’s report or other evidence relied
upon, as to whether reasonable efforts were made to prevent or
eliminate the need for removal of the child from his or her home,
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 306, and whether there are
available services that would prevent the need for further detention.
Services to be considered for purposes of making this determination
are case management, counseling, emergency shelter care,
emergency in-home caretakers, out-of-home respite care, teaching
and demonstrating homemakers, parenting training, transportation,
and any other child welfare services authorized by the State
Department of Social Services pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing
with Section 16500) of Part 4 of Division 9. The court shall also
review whether the social worker has considered whether a referral
to public assistance services pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing
with Section 11200) and Chapter 7 (commencing with Section
14000) of Part 3, Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17000) of
Part 5, and Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 18900) of Part
6 of Division 9 would have eliminated the need to take temporary
custody of the child or would prevent the need for further detention.

(2) If the child can be returned to the custody of his or her parent
or guardian through the provision of those services, the court shall
place the child with his or her parent or guardian and order that
the services shall be provided. If the child cannot be returned to
the physical custody of his or her parent or guardian, the court
shall determine if there is a relative who is able and willing to care
for the child, and has been assessed pursuant to paragraph (1) of
subdivision (d) of Section 309.

(e) If a court orders a child detained, the court shall state the
facts on which the decision is based, specify why the initial removal
was necessary, reference the social worker’s report or other
evidence relied upon to make its determination whether
continuance in the home of the parent or legal guardian is contrary
to the child’s welfare, order temporary placement and care of the
child to be vested with the county child welfare department pending
the hearing held pursuant to Section 355 or further order of the
court, and order services to be provided as soon as possible to
reunify the child and his or her family if appropriate.

(f) (1) If the child is not released from custody, the court may
order that the child shall be placed in the assessed home of a
relative, in an emergency shelter or other suitable licensed place,
in a place exempt from licensure designated by the juvenile court,
or in the assessed home of a nonrelative extended family member
as defined in Section 362.7 for a period not to exceed 15 judicial
days. begin insert A runaway and homeless youth shelter licensed by the State
Department of Social Services pursuant to Section 1502.35 of the
Health and Safety Code shall not be a placement option pursuant
to this section. end insert

(2) As used in this section, “relative” means an adult who is
related to the child by blood, adoption, or affinity within the fifth
degree of kinship, including stepparents, stepsiblings, and all
relatives whose status is preceded by the words “great,”
“great-great,” or “grand,” or the spouse of any of these persons,
even if the marriage was terminated by death or dissolution.
However, only the following relatives shall be given preferential
consideration for placement of the child: an adult who is a
grandparent, aunt, uncle, or sibling of the child.

(3) The court shall consider the recommendations of the social
worker based on the assessment pursuant to paragraph (1) of
subdivision (d) of Section 309 of the relative’s home, including
the results of a criminal records check and prior child abuse
allegations, if any, prior to ordering that the child be placed with
a relative. The court shall order the parent to disclose to the social
worker the names, residences, and any known identifying
information of any maternal or paternal relatives of the child. The
social worker shall initiate the assessment pursuant to Section
361.3 of any relative to be considered for continuing placement.

(g) (1) At the initial hearing upon the petition filed in
accordance with subdivision (c) of Rule 5.520 of the California
Rules of Court or anytime thereafter up until the time that the
minor is adjudged a dependent child of the court or a finding is
made dismissing the petition, the court may temporarily limit the
right of the parent or guardian to make educational or
developmental services decisions for the child and temporarily
appoint a responsible adult to make educational or developmental
services decisions for the child if all of the following conditions
are found:

(A) The parent or guardian is unavailable, unable, or unwilling
to exercise educational or developmental services rights for the
child.

(B) The county placing agency has made diligent efforts to
locate and secure the participation of the parent or guardian in
educational or developmental services decisionmaking.

(C) The child’s educational and developmental services needs
cannot be met without the temporary appointment of a responsible
adult.

(2) If the court limits the parent’s educational rights under this
subdivision, the court shall determine whether there is a responsible
adult who is a relative, nonrelative extended family member, or
other adult known to the child and who is available and willing to
serve as the child’s educational representative before appointing
an educational representative or surrogate who is not known to the
child.

(3) If the court cannot identify a responsible adult to make
educational decisions for the child and the appointment of a
surrogate parent, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 56050
of the Education Code, is not warranted, the court may, with the
input of any interested person, make educational decisions for the
child. If the child is receiving services from a regional center, the
provision of any developmental services related to the court’s
decision must be consistent with the child’s individual program
plan and pursuant to the provisions of the Lanterman
Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Division 4.5
(commencing with Section 4500)). If the court cannot identify a
responsible adult to make developmental services decisions for
the child, the court may, with the input of any interested person,
make developmental services decisions for the child. If the court
makes educational or developmental services decisions for the
child, the court shall also issue appropriate orders to ensure that
every effort is made to identify a responsible adult to make future
educational or developmental services decisions for the child.

(4) Any temporary appointment of a responsible adult and
temporary limitation on the right of the parent or guardian to make
educational or developmental services decisions for the child shall
be specifically addressed in the court order. Any order made under
this section shall expire at the conclusion of the hearing held
pursuant to Section 361 or upon dismissal of the petition. Upon
the entering of disposition orders, any additional needed limitation
on the parent’s or guardian’s educational or developmental services
rights shall be addressed pursuant to Section 361.

(5) Nothing in this section in any way removes the obligation
to appoint surrogate parents for students with disabilities who are
without parental representation in special education procedures as
required by state and federal law, including Section 1415(b)(2) of
Title 20 of the United States Code, Section 56050 of the Education
Code, Section 7579.5 of the Government Code, and Rule 5.650
of the California Rules of Court.

(6) If the court appoints a developmental services decisionmaker
pursuant to this section, he or she shall have the authority to access
the child’s information and records pursuant to subdivision (u) of
Section 4514 and subdivision (y) of Section 5328, and to act on
the child’s behalf for the purposes of the individual program plan
process pursuant to Sections 4646, 4646.5, and 4648 and the fair
hearing process pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section
4700), and as set forth in the court order.

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begin insert SEC. 4. end insert   

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begin insert Section 361.2 of the end insert begin insert Welfare and Institutions Code end insert begin insert is
amended to read: end insert

361.2.  

(a) When a court orders removal of a child pursuant to
Section 361, the court shall first determine whether there is a parent
of the child, with whom the child was not residing at the time that
the events or conditions arose that brought the child within the
provisions of Section 300, who desires to assume custody of the
child. If that parent requests custody, the court shall place the child
with the parent unless it finds that placement with that parent would
be detrimental to the safety, protection, or physical or emotional
well-being of the child.

(b) If the court places the child with that parent it may do any
of the following:

(1) Order that the parent become legal and physical custodian
of the child. The court may also provide reasonable visitation by
the noncustodial parent. The court shall then terminate its
jurisdiction over the child. The custody order shall continue unless
modified by a subsequent order of the superior court. The order
of the juvenile court shall be filed in any domestic relation
proceeding between the parents.

(2) Order that the parent assume custody subject to the
jurisdiction of the juvenile court and require that a home visit be
conducted within three months. In determining whether to take
the action described in this paragraph, the court shall consider any
concerns that have been raised by the child’s current caregiver
regarding the parent. After the social worker conducts the home
visit and files his or her report with the court, the court may then
take the action described in paragraph (1), (3), or this paragraph.
However, nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted to imply
that the court is required to take the action described in this
paragraph as a prerequisite to the court taking the action described
in either paragraph (1) or paragraph (3).

(3) Order that the parent assume custody subject to the
supervision of the juvenile court. In that case the court may order
that reunification services be provided to the parent or guardian
from whom the child is being removed, or the court may order that
services be provided solely to the parent who is assuming physical
custody in order to allow that parent to retain later custody without
court supervision, or that services be provided to both parents, in
which case the court shall determine, at review hearings held
pursuant to Section 366, which parent, if either, shall have custody
of the child.

(c) The court shall make a finding either in writing or on the
record of the basis for its determination under subdivisions (a) and
(b).

(d) Part 6 (commencing with Section 7950) of Division 12 of
the Family Code shall apply to the placement of a child pursuant
to paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (e).

(e) When the court orders removal pursuant to Section 361, the
court shall order the care, custody, control, and conduct of the
child to be under the supervision of the social worker who may
place the child in any of the following:

(1) The home of a noncustodial parent as described in
subdivision (a), regardless of the parent’s immigration status.

(2) The approved home of a relative, regardless of the relative’s
immigration status.

(3) The approved home of a nonrelative extended family
member as defined in Section 362.7.

(4) A foster home in which the child has been placed before an
interruption in foster care, if that placement is in the best interest
of the child and space is available.

(5) A suitable licensed community care begin delete facility. end delete begin insert facility, except
a runaway and homeless youth shelter licensed by the State
Department of Social Services pursuant to Section 1502.35 of the
Health and Safety Code. end insert

(6) With a foster family agency to be placed in a suitable
licensed foster family home or certified family home which has
been certified by the agency as meeting licensing standards.

(7) A home or facility in accordance with the federal Indian
Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. Sec. 1901 et seq.).

(8) A child under the age of six years may be placed in a
community care facility licensed as a group home for children, or
a temporary shelter care facility as defined in Section 1530.8 of
the Health and Safety Code, only under any of the following
circumstances:

(A) When a case plan indicates that placement is for purposes
of providing specialized treatment to the child, the case plan
specifies the need for, nature of, and anticipated duration of this
treatment, and the facility meets the applicable regulations adopted
under Section 1530.8 of the Health and Safety Code and standards
developed pursuant to Section 11467.1. The specialized treatment
period shall not exceed 120 days, unless additional time is needed
pursuant to the case plan as documented by the caseworker and
approved by the caseworker’s supervisor.

(B) When a case plan indicates that placement is for purposes
of providing family reunification services. In addition, the facility
offers family reunification services that meet the needs of the
individual child and his or her family, permits parents to have
reasonable access to their children 24 hours a day, encourages
extensive parental involvement in meeting the daily needs of their
children, and employs staff trained to provide family reunification
services. In addition, one of the following conditions exists:

(i) The child’s parent is also a ward of the court and resides in
the facility.

(ii) The child’s parent is participating in a treatment program
affiliated with the facility and the child’s placement in the facility
facilitates the coordination and provision of reunification services.

(iii) Placement in the facility is the only alternative that permits
the parent to have daily 24-hour access to the child in accordance
with the case plan, to participate fully in meeting all of the daily
needs of the child, including feeding and personal hygiene, and to
have access to necessary reunification services.

(9) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to allow a
social worker to place any dependent child outside the United
States, except as specified in subdivision (f).

(f) (1) A child under the supervision of a social worker pursuant
to subdivision (e) shall not be placed outside the United States
prior to a judicial finding that the placement is in the best interest
of the child, except as required by federal law or treaty.

(2) The party or agency requesting placement of the child outside
the United States shall carry the burden of proof and must show,
by clear and convincing evidence, that placement outside the
United States is in the best interest of the child.

(3) In determining the best interest of the child, the court shall
consider, but not be limited to, the following factors:

(A) Placement with a relative.

(B) Placement of siblings in the same home.

(C) Amount and nature of any contact between the child and
the potential guardian or caretaker.

(D) Physical and medical needs of the dependent child.

(E) Psychological and emotional needs of the dependent child.

(F) Social, cultural, and educational needs of the dependent
child.

(G) Specific desires of any dependent child who is 12 years of
age or older.

(4) If the court finds that a placement outside the United States
is, by clear and convincing evidence, in the best interest of the
child, the court may issue an order authorizing the social worker
to make a placement outside the United States. A child subject to
this subdivision shall not leave the United States prior to the
issuance of the order described in this paragraph.

(5) For purposes of this subdivision, “outside the United States”
shall not include the lands of any federally recognized American
Indian tribe or Alaskan Natives.

(6) This subdivision shall not apply to the placement of a
dependent child with a parent pursuant to subdivision (a).

(g) (1) If the child is taken from the physical custody of the
child’s parent or guardian and unless the child is placed with
relatives, the child shall be placed in foster care in the county of
residence of the child’s parent or guardian in order to facilitate
reunification of the family.

(2) In the event that there are no appropriate placements
available in the parent’s or guardian’s county of residence, a
placement may be made in an appropriate place in another county,
preferably a county located adjacent to the parent’s or guardian’s
community of residence.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as requiring
multiple disruptions of the child’s placement corresponding to
frequent changes of residence by the parent or guardian. In
determining whether the child should be moved, the social worker
shall take into consideration the potential harmful effects of
disrupting the placement of the child and the parent’s or guardian’s
reason for the move.

(4) When it has been determined that it is necessary for a child
to be placed in a county other than the child’s parent’s or guardian’s
county of residence, the specific reason the out-of-county
placement is necessary shall be documented in the child’s case
plan. If the reason the out-of-county placement is necessary is the
lack of resources in the sending county to meet the specific needs
of the child, those specific resource needs shall be documented in
the case plan.

(5) When it has been determined that a child is to be placed
out-of-county either in a group home or with a foster family agency
for subsequent placement in a certified foster family home, and
the sending county is to maintain responsibility for supervision
and visitation of the child, the sending county shall develop a plan
of supervision and visitation that specifies the supervision and
visitation activities to be performed and specifies that the sending
county is responsible for performing those activities. In addition
to the plan of supervision and visitation, the sending county shall
document information regarding any known or suspected dangerous
behavior of the child that indicates the child may pose a safety
concern in the receiving county. Upon implementation of the Child
Welfare Services Case Management System, the plan of
supervision and visitation, as well as information regarding any
known or suspected dangerous behavior of the child, shall be made
available to the receiving county upon placement of the child in
the receiving county. If placement occurs on a weekend or holiday,
the information shall be made available to the receiving county on
or before the end of the next business day.

(6) When it has been determined that a child is to be placed
out-of-county and the sending county plans that the receiving
county shall be responsible for the supervision and visitation of
the child, the sending county shall develop a formal agreement
between the sending and receiving counties. The formal agreement
shall specify the supervision and visitation to be provided the child,
and shall specify that the receiving county is responsible for
providing the supervision and visitation. The formal agreement
shall be approved and signed by the sending and receiving counties
prior to placement of the child in the receiving county. In addition,
upon completion of the case plan, the sending county shall provide
a copy of the completed case plan to the receiving county. The
case plan shall include information regarding any known or
suspected dangerous behavior of the child that indicates the child
may pose a safety concern to the receiving county.

(h) Whenever the social worker must change the placement of
the child and is unable to find a suitable placement within the
county and must place the child outside the county, the placement
shall not be made until he or she has served written notice on the
parent or guardian at least 14 days prior to the placement, unless
the child’s health or well-being is endangered by delaying the
action or would be endangered if prior notice were given. The
notice shall state the reasons which require placement outside the
county. The parent or guardian may object to the placement not
later than seven days after receipt of the notice and, upon objection,
the court shall hold a hearing not later than five days after the
objection and prior to the placement. The court shall order
out-of-county placement if it finds that the child’s particular needs
require placement outside the county.

(i) Where the court has ordered removal of the child from the
physical custody of his or her parents pursuant to Section 361, the
court shall consider whether the family ties and best interest of the
child will be served by granting visitation rights to the child’s
grandparents. The court shall clearly specify those rights to the
social worker.

(j) Where the court has ordered removal of the child from the
physical custody of his or her parents pursuant to Section 361, the
court shall consider whether there are any siblings under the court’s
jurisdiction, the nature of the relationship between the child and
his or her siblings, the appropriateness of developing or maintaining
the sibling relationships pursuant to Section 16002, and the impact
of the sibling relationships on the child’s placement and planning
for legal permanence.

(k) (1) When an agency has placed a child with a relative
caregiver, a nonrelative extended family member, a licensed foster
family home, or a group home, the agency shall ensure placement
of the child in a home that, to the fullest extent possible, best meets
the day-to-day needs of the child. A home that best meets the
day-to-day needs of the child shall satisfy all of the following
criteria:

(A) The child’s caregiver is able to meet the day-to-day health,
safety, and well-being needs of the child.

(B) The child’s caregiver is permitted to maintain the least
restrictive and most family-like environment that serves the
day-to-day needs of the child.

(C) The child is permitted to engage in reasonable,
age-appropriate day-to-day activities that promote the most
family-like environment for the foster child.

(2) The foster child’s caregiver shall use a reasonable and
prudent parent standard, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision
(a) of Section 362.04, to determine day-to-day activities that are
age-appropriate to meet the needs of the child. Nothing in this
section shall be construed to permit a child’s caregiver to permit
the child to engage in day-to-day activities that carry an
unreasonable risk of harm, or subject the child to abuse or neglect.

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450.  

(a) A minor or nonminor who satisfies all of the following
criteria is within the transition jurisdiction of the juvenile court:

(1) (A) The minor is a ward who is older than 17 years and 5
months of age and younger than 18 years of age and in foster care
placement, or the nonminor is a ward in foster care placement who
was a ward subject to an order for foster care placement on the
day he or she attained 18 years of age and on and after January 1,
2012, has not attained 19 years of age, or, commencing January
1, 2013, 20 years of age, or, commencing January 1, 2014, 21 years
of age.

(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the nonminor is a ward
who has been receiving aid pursuant to Article 5 (commencing
with Section 11400) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 9 between
January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012, and attains 19 years of
age prior to January 1, 2013, or who has been receiving that aid
between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013, and attains 20
years of age prior to January 1, 2014, and who may continue to
receive aid under the applicable program, provided that the
nonminor dependent continues to meet all other applicable
eligibility requirements as specified in Section 11403.

(2) The ward meets either of the following conditions:

(A) The ward was removed from the physical custody of his or
her parents or legal guardian, adjudged to be a ward of the juvenile
court under Section 725, and ordered into foster care placement
as a ward.

(B) The ward was removed from the custody of his or her
parents or legal guardian as a dependent of the court with an order
for foster care placement as a dependent in effect at the time the
court adjudged him or her to be a ward of the juvenile court under
Section 725.

(3) The rehabilitative goals of the minor or nonminor, as set
forth in the case plan, have been met, and juvenile court jurisdiction
over the minor or nonminor as a ward is no longer required.

(4) (A) If the ward is a minor, reunification services have been
terminated; the matter has not been set for a hearing for termination
of parental rights pursuant to Section 727.3 or for the establishment
of guardianship pursuant to Section 728; the return of the child to
the physical custody of the parents or legal guardian would create
a substantial risk of detriment to the child’s safety, protection, or
physical or emotional well-being; and the minor has indicated an
intent to sign a mutual agreement, as described in subdivision (u)
of Section 11400, with the responsible agency for placement in a
supervised setting as a nonminor dependent.

(B) If the ward is a nonminor, he or she has signed a mutual
agreement, as described in subdivision (u) of Section 11400, with
the responsible agency for placement in a supervised setting as a
nonminor dependent or has signed a voluntary reentry agreement,
as described in subdivision (z) of Section 11400 for placement in
a supervised setting as a nonminor dependent. begin insert A runaway and
homeless youth shelter licensed by the State Department of Social
Services pursuant to Section 1502.35 of the Health and Safety
Code shall not be a placement option pursuant to this section. end insert

(b) A minor who is subject to the court’s transition jurisdiction
shall be referred to as a transition dependent.

(c) A youth subject to the court’s transition jurisdiction who is
18 years of age or older shall be referred to as a nonminor
dependent.

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begin insert Section 727 of the end insert begin insert Welfare and Institutions Code end insert begin insert is
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727.  

(a) (1) If a minor is adjudged a ward of the court on the
ground that he or she is a person described by Section 601 or 602,
the court may make any reasonable orders for the care, supervision,
custody, conduct, maintenance, and support of the minor, including
medical treatment, subject to further order of the court.

(2) In the discretion of the court, a ward may be ordered to be
on probation without supervision of the probation officer. The
court, in so ordering, may impose on the ward any and all
reasonable conditions of behavior as may be appropriate under
this disposition. A minor who has been adjudged a ward of the
court on the basis of the commission of any of the offenses
described in subdivision (b) or paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of
Section 707, Section 459 of the Penal Code, or subdivision (a) of
Section 11350 of the Health and Safety Code, shall not be eligible
for probation without supervision of the probation officer. A minor
who has been adjudged a ward of the court on the basis of the
commission of any offense involving the sale or possession for
sale of a controlled substance, except misdemeanor offenses
involving marijuana, as specified in Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 11053) of Division 10 of the Health and Safety Code, or
of an offense in violation of Section 32625 of the Penal Code, shall
be eligible for probation without supervision of the probation
officer only when the court determines that the interests of justice
would best be served and states reasons on the record for that
determination.

(3) In all other cases, the court shall order the care, custody, and
control of the minor to be under the supervision of the probation
officer who may place the minor in any of the following:

(A) The approved home of a relative or the approved home of
a nonrelative, extended family member, as defined in Section
362.7. If a decision has been made to place the minor in the home
of a relative, the court may authorize the relative to give legal
consent for the minor’s medical, surgical, and dental care and
education as if the relative caretaker were the custodial parent of
the minor.

(B) A suitable licensed community care begin delete facility. end delete begin insert facility, except
a runaway and homeless youth shelter licensed by the State
Department of Social Services pursuant to Section 1502.35 of the
Health and Safety Code. end insert

(C) With a foster family agency to be placed in a suitable
licensed foster family home or certified family home which has
been certified by the agency as meeting licensing standards.

(D) (i) Every minor adjudged a ward of the juvenile court who
is residing in a placement as defined in subparagraphs (A) to (C),
inclusive, shall be entitled to participate in age-appropriate
extracurricular, enrichment, and social activities. No state or local
regulation or policy may prevent, or create barriers to, participation
in those activities. Each state and local entity shall ensure that
private agencies that provide foster care services to wards have
policies consistent with this section and that those agencies promote
and protect the ability of wards to participate in age-appropriate
extracurricular, enrichment, and social activities. A group home
administrator, a facility manager, or his or her responsible designee,
and a caregiver, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of
Section 362.04, shall use a reasonable and prudent parent standard,
as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 362.04,
in determining whether to give permission for a minor residing in
foster care to participate in extracurricular, enrichment, and social
activities. A group home administrator, a facility manager, or his
or her responsible designee, and a caregiver shall take reasonable
steps to determine the appropriateness of the activity taking into
consideration the minor’s age, maturity, and developmental level.

(ii) A group home administrator or a facility manager, or his or
her responsible designee, is encouraged to consult with social work
or treatment staff members who are most familiar with the minor
at the group home in applying and using the reasonable and prudent
parent standard.

(b) (1) To facilitate coordination and cooperation among
agencies, the court may, at any time after a petition has been filed,
after giving notice and an opportunity to be heard, join in the
juvenile court proceedings any agency that the court determines
has failed to meet a legal obligation to provide services to a minor,
for whom a petition has been filed under Section 601 or 602, to a
nonminor, as described in Section 303, or to a nonminor dependent,
as defined in subdivision (v) of Section 11400. In any proceeding
in which an agency is joined, the court shall not impose duties
upon the agency beyond those mandated by law. The purpose of
joinder under this section is to ensure the delivery and coordination
of legally mandated services to the minor. The joinder shall not
be maintained for any other purpose. Nothing in this section shall
prohibit agencies that have received notice of the hearing on joinder
from meeting prior to the hearing to coordinate services.

(2) The court has no authority to order services unless it has
been determined through the administrative process of an agency
that has been joined as a party, that the minor, nonminor, or
nonminor dependent is eligible for those services. With respect to
mental health assessment, treatment, and case management services
pursuant to Chapter 26.5 (commencing with Section 7570) of
Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, the court’s
determination shall be limited to whether the agency has complied
with that chapter.

(3) For the purposes of this subdivision, “agency” means any
governmental agency or any private service provider or individual
that receives federal, state, or local governmental funding or
reimbursement for providing services directly to a child, nonminor,
or nonminor dependent.

(c) If a minor has been adjudged a ward of the court on the
ground that he or she is a person described in Section 601 or 602,
and the court finds that notice has been given in accordance with
Section 661, and if the court orders that a parent or guardian shall
retain custody of that minor either subject to or without the
supervision of the probation officer, the parent or guardian may
be required to participate with that minor in a counseling or
education program including, but not limited to, parent education
and parenting programs operated by community colleges, school
districts, or other appropriate agencies designated by the court.

(d) The juvenile court may direct any reasonable orders to the
parents and guardians of the minor who is the subject of any
proceedings under this chapter as the court deems necessary and
proper to carry out subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) including orders
to appear before a county financial evaluation officer, to ensure
the minor’s regular school attendance, and to make reasonable
efforts to obtain appropriate educational services necessary to meet
the needs of the minor.

If counseling or other treatment services are ordered for the
minor, the parent, guardian, or foster parent shall be ordered to
participate in those services, unless participation by the parent,
guardian, or foster parent is deemed by the court to be inappropriate
or potentially detrimental to the minor.

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begin insert Section 11400 of the end insert begin insert Welfare and Institutions Code end insert begin insert is
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11400.  

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions
shall apply:

(a) “Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care
(AFDC-FC)” means the aid provided on behalf of needy children
in foster care under the terms of this division.

(b) “Case plan” means a written document that, at a minimum,
specifies the type of home in which the child shall be placed, the
safety of that home, and the appropriateness of that home to meet
the child’s needs. It shall also include the agency’s plan for
ensuring that the child receive proper care and protection in a safe
environment, and shall set forth the appropriate services to be
provided to the child, the child’s family, and the foster parents, in
order to meet the child’s needs while in foster care, and to reunify
the child with the child’s family. In addition, the plan shall specify
the services that will be provided or steps that will be taken to
facilitate an alternate permanent plan if reunification is not possible.

(c) “Certified family home” means a family residence certified
by a licensed foster family agency and issued a certificate of
approval by that agency as meeting licensing standards, and used
only by that foster family agency for placements.

(d) “Family home” means the family residency of a licensee in
which 24-hour care and supervision are provided for children.

(e) “Small family home” means any residential facility, in the
licensee’s family residence, which provides 24-hour care for six
or fewer foster children who have mental disorders or
developmental or physical disabilities and who require special care
and supervision as a result of their disabilities.

(f) “Foster care” means the 24-hour out-of-home care provided
to children whose own families are unable or unwilling to care for
them, and who are in need of temporary or long-term substitute
parenting.

(g) “Foster family agency” means any individual or organization
engaged in the recruiting, certifying, and training of, and providing
professional support to, foster parents, or in finding homes or other
places for placement of children for temporary or permanent care
who require that level of care as an alternative to a group home.
Private foster family agencies shall be organized and operated on
a nonprofit basis.

(h) “Group home” means a nondetention privately operated
residential home, organized and operated on a nonprofit basis only,
of any capacity, or a nondetention licensed residential care home
operated by the County of San Mateo with a capacity of up to 25
beds, that begin delete provides services in a group setting to end delete begin insert accepts end insert children
in need of care and begin delete supervision, as required end delete begin insert supervision in a group
home, as defined end insert by paragraph begin delete (1) end delete begin insert (13) end insert of subdivision (a) of Section
1502 of the Health and Safety Code.

(i) “Periodic review” means review of a child’s status by the
juvenile court or by an administrative review panel, that shall
include a consideration of the safety of the child, a determination
of the continuing need for placement in foster care, evaluation of
the goals for the placement and the progress toward meeting these
goals, and development of a target date for the child’s return home
or establishment of alternative permanent placement.

(j) “Permanency planning hearing” means a hearing conducted
by the juvenile court in which the child’s future status, including
whether the child shall be returned home or another permanent
plan shall be developed, is determined.

(k) “Placement and care” refers to the responsibility for the
welfare of a child vested in an agency or organization by virtue of
the agency or organization having (1) been delegated care, custody,
and control of a child by the juvenile court, (2) taken responsibility,
pursuant to a relinquishment or termination of parental rights on
a child, (3) taken the responsibility of supervising a child detained
by the juvenile court pursuant to Section 319 or 636, or (4) signed
a voluntary placement agreement for the child’s placement; or to
the responsibility designated to an individual by virtue of his or
her being appointed the child’s legal guardian.

(l) “Preplacement preventive services” means services that are
designed to help children remain with their families by preventing
or eliminating the need for removal.

(m) “Relative” means an adult who is related to the child by
blood, adoption, or affinity within the fifth degree of kinship,
including stepparents, stepsiblings, and all relatives whose status
is preceded by the words “great,” “great-great,” or “grand” or the
spouse of any of these persons even if the marriage was terminated
by death or dissolution.

(n) “Nonrelative extended family member” means an adult
caregiver who has an established familial or mentoring relationship
with the child, as described in Section 362.7.

(o) “Voluntary placement” means an out-of-home placement
of a child by (1) the county welfare department, probation
department, or Indian tribe that has entered into an agreement
pursuant to Section 10553.1, after the parents or guardians have
requested the assistance of the county welfare department and have
signed a voluntary placement agreement; or (2) the county welfare
department licensed public or private adoption agency, or the
department acting as an adoption agency, after the parents have
requested the assistance of either the county welfare department,
the licensed public or private adoption agency, or the department
acting as an adoption agency for the purpose of adoption planning,
and have signed a voluntary placement agreement.

(p) “Voluntary placement agreement” means a written agreement
between either the county welfare department, probation
department, or Indian tribe that has entered into an agreement
pursuant to Section 10553.1, licensed public or private adoption
agency, or the department acting as an adoption agency, and the
parents or guardians of a child that specifies, at a minimum, the
following:

(1) The legal status of the child.

(2) The rights and obligations of the parents or guardians, the
child, and the agency in which the child is placed.

(q) “Original placement date” means the most recent date on
which the court detained a child and ordered an agency to be
responsible for supervising the child or the date on which an agency
assumed responsibility for a child due to termination of parental
rights, relinquishment, or voluntary placement.

(r) (1) “Transitional housing placement provider” means an
organization licensed by the State Department of Social Services
pursuant to Section 1559.110 of the Health and Safety Code, to
provide transitional housing to foster children at least 16 years of
age and not more than 18 years of age, and nonminor dependents,
as defined in subdivision (v). A transitional housing placement
provider shall be privately operated and organized on a nonprofit
basis.

(2) Prior to licensure, a provider shall obtain certification from
the applicable county, in accordance with Section 16522.1.

(s) “Transitional Housing Program-Plus” means a provider
certified by the applicable county, in accordance with subdivision
(c) of Section 16522, to provide transitional housing services to
former foster youth who have exited the foster care system on or
after their 18th birthday.

(t) “Whole family foster home” means a new or existing family
home, approved relative caregiver or nonrelative extended family
member’s home, the home of a nonrelated legal guardian whose
guardianship was established pursuant to Section 360 or 366.26,
certified family home, or a host family home placement of a
transitional housing placement provider, that provides foster care
for a minor or nonminor dependent parent and his or her child,
and is specifically recruited and trained to assist the minor or
nonminor dependent parent in developing the skills necessary to
provide a safe, stable, and permanent home for his or her child.
The child of the minor or nonminor dependent parent need not be
the subject of a petition filed pursuant to Section 300 to qualify
for placement in a whole family foster home.

(u) “Mutual agreement” means any of the following:

(1) A written voluntary agreement of consent for continued
placement and care in a supervised setting between a minor or, on
and after January 1, 2012, a nonminor dependent, and the county
welfare services or probation department or tribal agency
responsible for the foster care placement, that documents the
nonminor’s continued willingness to remain in supervised
out-of-home placement under the placement and care of the
responsible county, tribe, consortium of tribes, or tribal
organization that has entered into an agreement with the state
pursuant to Section 10553.1, remain under the jurisdiction of the
juvenile court as a nonminor dependent, and report any change of
circumstances relevant to continued eligibility for foster care
payments, and that documents the nonminor’s and social worker’s
or probation officer’s agreement to work together to facilitate
implementation of the mutually developed supervised placement
agreement and transitional independent living case plan.

(2) An agreement, as described in paragraph (1), between a
nonminor former dependent or ward in receipt of Kin-GAP
payments under Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 11360) or
Article 4.7 (commencing with Section 11385), and the agency
responsible for the Kin-GAP benefits, provided that the nonminor
former dependent or ward satisfies the conditions described in
Section 11403.01, or one or more of the conditions described in
paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (b) of Section
11403. For purposes of this paragraph and paragraph (3),
“nonminor former dependent or ward” has the same meaning as
described in subdivision (aa).

(3) An agreement, as described in paragraph (1), between a
nonminor former dependent or ward in receipt of AFDC-FC
payments under subdivision (e) or (f) of Section 11405 and the
agency responsible for the AFDC-FC benefits, provided that the
nonminor former dependent or ward described in subdivision (e)
of Section 11405 satisfies one or more of the conditions described
in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (b) of Section
11403, and the nonminor described in subdivision (f) of Section
11405 satisfies the secondary school or equivalent training or
certificate program conditions described in that subdivision.

(v) “Nonminor dependent” means, on and after January 1, 2012,
a foster child, as described in Section 675(8)(B) of Title 42 of the
United States Code under the federal Social Security Act who is
a current dependent child or ward of the juvenile court, or a
nonminor under the transition jurisdiction of the juvenile court, as
described in Section 450, who satisfies all of the following criteria:

(1) He or she has attained 18 years of age while under an order
of foster care placement by the juvenile court, and is not more than
19 years of age on or after January 1, 2012, not more than 20 years
of age on or after January 1, 2013, or not more than 21 years of
age on or after January 1, 2014, and as described in Section
10103.5.

(2) He or she is in foster care under the placement and care
responsibility of the county welfare department, county probation
department, Indian tribe, consortium of tribes, or tribal organization
that entered into an agreement pursuant to Section 10553.1.

(3) He or she is participating in a transitional independent living
case plan pursuant to Section 475(8) of the federal Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 675(8)), as contained in the federal Fostering
Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
(Public Law 110-351), as described in Section 11403.

(w) “Supervised independent living placement” means, on and
after January 1, 2012, an independent supervised setting, as
specified in a nonminor dependent’s transitional independent living
case plan, in which the youth is living independently, pursuant to
Section 472(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec.
672(c)(2)).

(x) “Supervised independent living setting,” pursuant to Section
472(c)(2) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec.
672(c)(2)), includes both a supervised independent living
placement, as defined in subdivision (w), and a residential housing
unit certified by the transitional housing placement provider
operating a Transitional Housing Placement-Plus Foster Care
program, as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section
16522.1.

(y) “Transitional independent living case plan” means, on or
after January 1, 2012, the nonminor dependent’s case plan, updated
every six months, that describes the goals and objectives of how
the nonminor will make progress in the transition to living
independently and assume incremental responsibility for adult
decisionmaking, the collaborative efforts between the nonminor
and the social worker, probation officer, or Indian tribal placing
entity and the supportive services as described in the transitional
independent living plan (TILP) to ensure active and meaningful
participation in one or more of the eligibility criteria described in
paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (b) of Section
11403, the nonminor’s appropriate supervised placement setting,
and the nonminor’s permanent plan for transition to living
independently, which includes maintaining or obtaining permanent
connections to caring and committed adults, as set forth in
paragraph (16) of subdivision (f) of Section 16501.1.

(z) “Voluntary reentry agreement” means a written voluntary
agreement between a former dependent child or ward or a former
nonminor dependent, who has had juvenile court jurisdiction
terminated pursuant to Section 391, 452 or 607.2, and the county
welfare or probation department or tribal placing entity that
documents the nonminor’s desire and willingness to reenter foster
care, to be placed in a supervised setting under the placement and
care responsibility of the placing agency, the nonminor’s desire,
willingness, and ability to immediately participate in one or more
of the conditions of paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision
(b) of Section 11403, the nonminor’s agreement to work
collaboratively with the placing agency to develop his or her
transitional independent living case plan within 60 days of reentry,
the nonminor’s agreement to report any changes of circumstances
relevant to continued eligibility for foster care payments, and (1)
the nonminor’s agreement to participate in the filing of a petition
for juvenile court jurisdiction as a nonminor dependent pursuant
to subdivision (e) of Section 388 within 15 judicial days of the
signing of the agreement and the placing agency’s efforts and
supportive services to assist the nonminor in the reentry process,
or (2) if the nonminor meets the definition of a nonminor former
dependent or ward, as described in subdivision (aa), the nonminor’s
agreement to return to the care and support of his or her former
juvenile court-appointed guardian and meet the eligibility criteria
for AFDC-FC pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 11405.

(aa) “Nonminor former dependent or ward” means, on and after
January 1, 2012, either of the following:

(1) A nonminor who reached 18 years of age while subject to
an order for foster care placement, and for whom dependency,
delinquency, or transition jurisdiction has been terminated, and
who is still under the general jurisdiction of the court.

(2) A nonminor who is over 18 years of age and, while a minor,
was a dependent child or ward of the juvenile court when the
guardianship was established pursuant to Section 360 or 366.26,
or subdivision (d), of Section 728 and the juvenile court
dependency or wardship was dismissed following the establishment
of the guardianship.

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(ab) “Runaway and homeless youth shelter” means a type of
group home, as defined in paragraph (14) of subdivision (a) of
Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code, that is not an eligible
placement option under Sections 319, 361.2, 450, and 727, and
that is not eligible for AFDC-FC funding pursuant to subdivision
(c) of Section 11402 or Section 11462.

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begin insert Section 11402 of the end insert begin insert Welfare and Institutions Code end insert begin insert is
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11402.  

In order to be eligible for AFDC-FC, a child or
nonminor dependent shall be placed in one of the following:

(a) The approved home of a relative, provided the child is
otherwise eligible for federal financial participation in the
AFDC-FC payment.

(b) (1) The licensed family home of a nonrelative.

(2) The approved home of a nonrelative extended family
member as described in Section 362.7.

(c) A licensed group home, as defined in subdivision (h) of
Section 11400, begin insert excluding a runaway and homeless youth shelter
as defined in subdivision (ab) of Section 11400, end insert provided that the
placement worker has documented that the placement is necessary
to meet the treatment needs of the child and that the facility offers
those treatment services.

(d) The home of a nonrelated legal guardian or the home of a
former nonrelated legal guardian when the guardianship of a child
who is otherwise eligible for AFDC-FC has been dismissed due
to the child’s attaining 18 years of age.

(e) An exclusive-use home.

(f) A housing model certified by a licensed transitional housing
placement provider as described in Section 1559.110 of the Health
and Safety Code and as defined in subdivision (r) of Section 11400.

(g) An out-of-state group home, provided that the placement
worker, in addition to complying with all other statutory
requirements for placing a minor in an out-of-state group home,
documents that the requirements of Section 7911.1 of the Family
Code have been met.

(h) An approved supervised independent living setting for
nonminor dependents, as defined in subdivision (w) of Section
11400.

(i) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2012.

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No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of
the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within
the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.