BILL NUMBER: ACR 85	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 25, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gordon

                        JUNE 10, 2015

   Relative to medically fragile foster care  children.
  children and adoptive placement children. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 85, as amended, Gordon. Medically fragile foster care 
children.   children and adoptive placement children.

   This measure would designate November 2015 as a month to raise
awareness about the issue of medically fragile foster care 
children and adoptive placement  children and the actions that
every Californian can take to make a positive difference in these
children's lives.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, Over 60,000 California children are currently in the
foster care system; and
   WHEREAS, A certain subset of the foster care population are
medically fragile children, who are children with physical or
intellectual disabilities or both that require an increased level of
care and support; and
   WHEREAS, The number of foster care  children placements,
both short term and long term,   and adoptive placements
 currently far exceeds the availability of foster care  and
adoptive  parents, making it a challenge to provide foster care
 and adoptive placement  homes for all who need them, and
this shortage has reached crisis proportions in some parts of the
state; and
   WHEREAS, It is particularly difficult to place medically fragile
foster care children  and adoptive placement children  due
to the increased level of care they need; and
   WHEREAS, Every child deserves the opportunity to achieve his or
her fullest potential in a safe, stable, and loving environment; and
   WHEREAS, There are California families who are stepping up to make
a difference for medically fragile foster care children by opening
their hearts, homes, and lives, but many more are needed; and
   WHEREAS, If greater awareness is raised about this vulnerable
foster care population and the ways that ordinary Californians can
make a difference, this crisis will begin to be averted; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares November 2015 as a
month to raise awareness about the issue of medically fragile foster
care children  and adoptive placement children  and the
actions that every Californian can take to make a positive difference
in these children's lives; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.