3.0.0 2999 2023-01-13T04:48:13Z 2023-01-13T04:48:13Z Senate S S 2006-05-24 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-05-24T21:06:50Z Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006 109 5403 HR 2006-07-03 Became Public Law No: 109-239. Identical bill CRS 2006-05-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2006-05-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5120) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH N R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2006-05-24 True D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI 2006-05-24 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2006-06-06 False H.R.5403 https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/5403 Families Adoption Caregivers Child development Child health Child safety Child welfare Civil actions and liability Congress Congressional reporting requirements Court records Data banks Education Elementary and secondary education Family services Foster home care Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government paperwork Government service contracts Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Health Interstate compacts Interstate relations Law Medical records Minorities Native Americans Parents Parties to actions Planning Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare State courts State government-Indian relations State laws Student records Families 00 2006-05-24 Introduced in Senate 2006-07-31T21:57:18Z Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006 - Amends the Social Security Act to require each state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to provide that the state shall: (1) have in effect procedures for orderly and timely interstate placement of children; (2) complete home studies requested by another state within a specified period; (3) accept such studies received from another state; and (4) not impose any restrictions on contracting with a private agency to conduct such a study.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for timely interstate home study incentive payments to states that have approved plans and that have completed, and provided the Secretary a report on, such studies.

Expresses the sense of Congress that state agencies should cooperate with courts which have authority with respect to the placement of a child in foster care or for adoption for the purpose of locating a parent of the child.

Amends the definition of "case review system" to: (1) increase the required frequency of state caseworker visits to a child who is placed in foster care outside the state in which the child's parents reside; (2) require a child's health and education record to be supplied to the child at no cost when he/she leaves foster care by reason of having attained the age of majority under state law; and (3) provide for a foster parent's right (currently, opportunity) to be heard in any proceeding (currently, review or hearing) respecting their foster child. Requires state courts to ensure that foster parents, pre-adoptive parents, and relative caregivers of a child in foster care are notified of any such proceedings.

Includes among the purposes of grants to the highest state courts the assessment of the court's role in carrying out state laws requiring proceedings that determine the best strategy to use to expedite the interstate placement of children.

Provides for consideration of out-of-state placements in permanency hearings, case plans, and case reviews.

Requires each plan for child welfare services to include the assurance that the state will eliminate legal barriers to facilitate timely adoptive or permanent placements for children.

]]> Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006 Display Title Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve protections for children and to hold States accountable for the safe and timely placement of children across State lines, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2999is/xml/BILLS-109s2999is.xml 2006-05-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.