AB 2441, as introduced, Thurmond. Foster care.
Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to develop a plan for the ongoing oversight and coordination of health care services for a child in a foster care placement in consultation with pediatricians, other health care experts, and experts in, and recipients of, child welfare services. Existing law requires the plan to ensure a coordinated strategy to identify and respond to the health care needs of foster children, consistent with federal law.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 16010.2 of the Welfare and Institutions
2Code is amended to read:
The department, in consultation with pediatricians,
4other health care experts, including public health nurses, and
5expertsbegin delete inend deletebegin insert in,end insert and recipientsbegin delete ofend deletebegin insert of,end insert child welfare services, including
6parents, shall develop a plan for the ongoing oversight and
P2 1coordination of health care services for a child in a foster care
2placement. The plan shall ensure a coordinated strategy to identify
3and respond to the health care needs of foster children, including
4mental health and dental
needs, consistent with Section 205 of the
5federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions
6Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-351).
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