Juveniles: placement.

Existing law authorizes a social worker to take a minor into custody in various specified situations, including where there is reasonable cause for believing that the minor is a person who may come within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court on the basis of abuse or neglect. Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge a child to be a dependent of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child suffered, or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer, serious physical harm, or a parent fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law establishes the grounds for removal of a dependent child from the custody of the child's parents or guardian and requires the court, when it removes a child from the custody of the child's parents or guardian, to order the care, custody, control, and conduct of the child to be under the supervision of the social worker, who may place the child in specified settings, including the approved home of a relative or nonrelative extended family member. This bill would prohibit a social worker from considering the arrest record of a person residing in a proposed placement when determining the appropriate placement for a child, except as specified.