BILL NUMBER: AB 1878	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Stone

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act relating to foster care.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1878, as introduced, Stone. Foster care: data.
   Existing law provides for the placement of certain youth in foster
care and declares the policy of the Legislature that foster care
should be a temporary method of care for the children of this state
and that children have a right to a normal home life free from abuse.
Existing law requires, in order to carry out that policy, each
county welfare department or probation department to report to the
State Department of Social Services, as specified, foster care
characteristic data and care information deemed essential by the
department to establish a foster care information system.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to improve and enhance the ability to share foster care
information and data to improve outcomes for youth in foster care.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to improve and enhance the ability to share foster care
information and data to improve outcomes for youth in foster care.