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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 413
Author: Chávez (R)
Amended: 3/19/13 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/11/13
AYES: Yee, Berryhill, Emmerson, Evans, Liu, Wright
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 4/25/13 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT : Foster care: specialized foster care homes
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill corrects technical drafting errors in
statute related to licensing standards for specialized foster
care homes.
ANALYSIS :
Existing Law:
1. Establishes the Community Care Facilities Act (CCFA), which
provides for the licensure and regulation by the Department
of Social Services of nonmedical residential and
non-residential facilities for mentally ill, developmentally
and physically disabled, and children and adults who require
care or services.
CONTINUED
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2. Defines "small family home" within the CCFA to mean a
licensee's family residence providing 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.
3. Defines "specialized foster care home" within the CCFA to
mean foster homes where the foster parents reside in the home
and have been trained to provide specialized in-home health
care to foster children, which includes small family homes.
4. Provides that specialized foster care homes, including small
family homes, may care for no more than two children, except
as specified.
5. Permits a licensed small family home, but not a certified
home, to accept more than two children with or without
special health care needs if specified conditions are met for
each placement in excess of the two-child limit.
6. Exempts a foster family home, which cares for more than three
children with special health care needs from paying the
application fee associated with licensure.
This bill:
1. Corrects inaccurate numbering of the specified conditions
that a licensed small family home must meet to care for more
than two children.
2. Corrects an inaccurate statutory reference to Health and
Safety Code, which establishes the application fee structure
from which foster family home caring for special needs
children are exempted.
Comments
According to the author's office, this bill is a cleanup bill
which corrects several technical drafting errors from AB 1928
(Cook, Chapter 120, Statutes of 2012) in the Welfare and
Institutions Code relating to foster children.
Related Legislation
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AB 1928 (Cook, Chapter 120, Statutes of 2012) clarified existing
law regarding the conditions by which the number of foster
children residing in a specialized foster care home may be
increased.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local:
No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 4/25/13
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown,
Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway,
Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,
Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray,
Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Maienschein, Mansoor,
Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi,
Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez,
Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting,
Torres, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams,
Yamada, John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Cooley, Lowenthal, Nazarian, Vacancy
JL:d 6/13/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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