Foster Care - As introduced, expands the kinship foster care program beyond placement of children with relatives to include placement with fictive kin; authorizes fictive kin participating in kinship foster care program to receive foster care payments and benefits. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 6, 2019
Last action Mar 13, 2019
Floor votes
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Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Mar 13, 2019
Committee
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Mar 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Children & Families Subcommittee of Judiciary
lower
Feb 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 3/5/2019
lower
Feb 13, 2019
Committee
Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
P2C, ref. to Judiciary
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Feb 7, 2019
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Introduced
Intro.
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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