BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | ACR 85| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: ACR 85 Author: Gordon (D), et al. Amended: 7/9/15 in Assembly Vote: 21 ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 7/9/15 SUBJECT: Medically fragile foster care children and adoptive placement children SOURCE: Author DIGEST: This resolution designates 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. ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative findings: 1)Over 60,000 California children are currently in the foster care system. 2)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. ACR 85 Page 2 3)The number of foster care 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. 4)It is particularly difficult to place medically fragile foster care children and adoptive placement children due to the increased level of care they need. This resolution 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. FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.:NoLocal: No SUPPORT: (Verified8/4/15) ADOPT International Alliance for Children's Rights California Association of Adoption Agencies Families NOW Foster Care and Kinship Program, Woodland Community College John Burton Foundation Lilliput Sierra Forever Families Stanford Youth Solutions OPPOSITION: (Verified8/4/15) None received ACR 85 Page 3 Prepared by: Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520 8/13/15 13:50:16 **** END ****