DCS; training; child placement; management

Requires the Auditor General to audit the management of the DCS case management system, including data accuracy and system errors, to ensure children's placement information is tracked correctly.

Mandates that group foster homes developing policies for administering medication must include specific protocols for 24/7 health care, staff qualifications, self-administration supervision, and procedures for handling medication errors or refusals.

Establishes new requirements for kinship foster care applicants, including mandatory fingerprinting for all household members aged 18 or older and specific criteria for denying placements if not in the child's best interest.

Requires all newly hired child safety workers to spend at least one year working under the supervision of an experienced worker before working independently.

Adds a specific definition for 'medically complex child' as one with a chronic physical or developmental condition requiring health services beyond those needed by a general child.

Clarifies that altering a client file for fraud or misrepresentation is a class 2 misdemeanor.