BILL NUMBER: AB 1611	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Beall

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2012

   An act relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1611, as introduced, Beall. Foster care: racial and ethnic
disparities.
   Existing law provides for the out-of-home placement of children
who are unable to remain in the custody and care of their parent or
parents, and provides for a range of child welfare, foster care, and
adoption assistance services for which these children may be
eligible.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to address the issue of racial and ethnic
disproportionality and disparities in the foster care system.
   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 address the issue of racial and ethnic
disproportionality and disparities in the foster care system.