AB 403 — Public social services: foster care placement: funding.

Summary

Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, requires the State Department of Social Services to license and regulate various out-of-home facilities and entities responsible for children and nonminor dependents in foster care, including foster family homes, group homes, and out-of-state group homes, and imposes training requirements on foster parents. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor. Existing law provides for the placement of certain children in foster care under the supervision of the department and county welfare departments. Existing law also establishes the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) program, under which counties provide payments to foster care providers on behalf of qualified children in foster care. Existing law requires the department to establish procedures to recover overpayments made to providers. This bill would provide for the reclassification of treatment facilities and the transition from the use of group homes for children in foster care to the use of short-term residential treatment centers, as defined. The bill would impose licensing requirements on those facilities, the violation of which would be a crime pursuant to the act, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill would revise the foster parent training requirements imposed by the act. The bill would also provide for the development of child and family teams, as defined, to inform the process of placement and services to foster children and to children at risk of foster care placement. The bill would make conforming and related changes, including requiring the department to develop a new payment structure for funding placement options for children in foster care. The bill would also revise the procedures for recovering overpayments, and would make the failure to repay an overpayment grounds for termination of the provider's rate and cause the referral of the provider for license revocation. The bill would require, on and after January 1, 2017, all licensed foster family agencies to approve resource families, in lieu of certifying foster homes, in accordance with specified standards and requirements set forth in the bill. The bill would require the State Department of Social Services to provide periodic progress updates to the Legislature on the implementation of the provisions of the bill. The bill would also include a statement of legislative intent. This bill would incorporate additional changes made by AB 1387, SB 238, SB 484, SB 524, and SB 794, that would become operative only if this bill is chaptered last. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 10/11/15 - Chaptered Current pdf October 11, 2015
• Enrolled 09/16/15 - Enrolled pdf September 16, 2015
• Amended 09/04/15 - Amended Senate pdf September 04, 2015
• Amended 09/01/15 - Amended Senate pdf September 01, 2015
• Amended 07/16/15 - Amended Senate pdf July 16, 2015
• Amended 07/07/15 - Amended Senate pdf July 07, 2015
• Amended 06/01/15 - Amended Assembly pdf June 01, 2015
• Amended 04/21/15 - Amended Assembly pdf April 21, 2015
• Amended 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly pdf March 26, 2015
• Introduced 02/19/15 - Introduced pdf February 19, 2015
• AB403 View text html

Action History

1. October 11, 2015

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 773, Statutes of 2015.

2. October 11, 2015

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 23, 2015

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

4. September 11, 2015

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3132.).

5. September 10, 2015

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

6. September 10, 2015

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2700.).

7. September 08, 2015

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

8. September 04, 2015

   Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

9. September 01, 2015

   Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

10. August 31, 2015

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 27).

11. August 17, 2015

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

12. July 16, 2015

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

13. July 16, 2015

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 14).

14. July 07, 2015

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

15. June 18, 2015

    Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

16. June 03, 2015

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

17. June 03, 2015

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1887.)

18. June 02, 2015

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

19. June 01, 2015

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

20. June 01, 2015

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28).

21. May 28, 2015

    Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1613.)

22. May 27, 2015

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

23. April 29, 2015

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

24. April 22, 2015

    Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.

25. April 21, 2015

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.

26. April 06, 2015

    Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.

27. March 26, 2015

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.

28. March 26, 2015

    Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

29. February 20, 2015

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

30. February 19, 2015

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Beall · Cosponsor
• Bill Berryhill · Cosponsor
• Mark Stone · Primary

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