California Health and Safety Code

§ 1502.7

HSC § 1502.7 Effective Jan 1, 2011Div. 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)On or before July 1, 2012, the department, in consultation with representatives of the Legislature, the County Welfare Directors Association, the Chief Probation Officers of California, the California Youth Connection, the Judicial Council, former foster youth, child advocacy organizations, dependency counsel for children, juvenile justice advocacy organizations, foster caregiver organizations, labor organizations, and representatives of tribes, shall revise regulations regarding health and safety standards for licensing foster family homes and community care facilities in which nonminor dependents, as defined in subdivision (v) of Section 11400 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, of the juvenile court are placed under the responsibility of the county welfare or probation department or an Indian tribe that entered into an agreement pursuant to Section 10553.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(b)The regulations shall recognize the status of nonminor dependents as legal adults. At a minimum, the regulations shall provide both of the following:

(1)That nonminors described in subdivision (a) shall have the greatest amount of freedom that will safely prepare them for self-sufficiency.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 559, Sec. 4. (AB 12) Effective January 1, 2011.