BILL NUMBER: AB 592	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  215
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 17, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 17, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 9, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 13, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 18, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mark Stone

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2015

   An act to add Section 826.8 to the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to juveniles, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 592, Mark Stone. Juveniles: proof of dependency or wardship.
   Existing law provides that a minor may be adjudged a dependent
child or a ward of the juvenile court under specified circumstances.
Existing law authorizes the court to place a minor who has been
removed from the custody of his or her parent or guardian in foster
care, among other placements. Existing law provides for the
termination of the juvenile court jurisdiction when the minor reaches
a specified age.
   This bill would authorize the State Department of Social Services
to provide to a person who was previously adjudged a dependent or
ward of the juvenile court, was placed in foster care, and whose
dependency or wardship has been dismissed, upon request by that
person, the information included in the proof of dependency or
wardship document, as specified, or any information necessary to
provide verification that the person was formerly a dependent or ward
of the juvenile court and placed in foster care.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 826.8 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   826.8.  Notwithstanding Section 827 and in order to assist with
establishing eligibility for programs or services, the State
Department of Social Services may provide to a person who was
previously adjudged a dependent or ward of the juvenile court, was
placed in foster care, and whose dependency or wardship has been
dismissed, upon request by that person, the information included in
the proof of dependency or wardship document described in
subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 391,
or any information necessary to provide verification that the person
was formerly a dependent or ward of the juvenile court and placed in
foster care.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to assist persons who were previously adjudged a
dependent or ward of the juvenile court, placed in foster care, and
whose dependency or wardship has been dismissed in establishing their
eligibility for vital programs and services available to them as
soon as possible, it is necessary that this act take immediate
effect.