California Health and Safety Code

§ 1517

HSC § 1517 Effective Jun 29, 2020Div. 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) Pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 16519.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the State Department of Social Services shall implement a unified, family friendly, and child-centered resource family approval process to replace the existing multiple processes for licensing foster family homes, certifying foster homes by licensed foster family agencies, approving relatives and nonrelative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving guardians and adoptive families.

(2)For purposes of this chapter, a “resource family” means an individual or family that has successfully met both the home environment assessment and the permanency assessment criteria, as set forth in Section 16519.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, necessary for providing care for a child placed by a public or private child placement agency by court order, or voluntarily placed by a parent or legal guardian.

(3)There is no fundamental right to approval as a resource family.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 11, Sec. 8. (AB 79) Effective June 29, 2020.