SB480 Alabama 2010 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Kinship guardianships, kinship guardianship subsidy program, established, procedures for establishing kinship guardianships and legal authority of kinship guardians, Sec. 12-15-301, 12-15-314, 12-15-315, 38-12-2, 38-12-4 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> There is currently no kinship guardianship or kinship guardianship subsidy law in Alabama. The federal Fostering Connections and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-351) established kinship guardianship as a permanency option for children qualifying for federal Title IV-E funding and provided for kinship guardianship subsidy payments for relatives granted guardianship of relative children in foster care where certain requirements are met</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill establishes the legislative intent and purposes for kinship guardianship and kinship guardianship subsidy; provides for kinship guardianship subsidy definitions; establishes a kinship guardianship subsidy program; provides eligibility requirements for kinship guardianship subsidy payments; provides for the amount of the subsidy payments; provides for the duration of the subsidy; provides for the administration of the program by a written agreement between the Department of Human Resources and the kinship guardian; provides for an annual review; provides that subsidy is not a countable resource for public assistance programs; provides for the adoption of rules by the Department of Human Resources; amends Section 12-15-301 of the Code of Alabama 1975, the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act, and provides for definitions; amends Section 12-15-314 of the Code of Alabama 1975, the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act, to provide procedures for appointment of a kinship guardian; provides for payment of child support by parents, legal guardians, or legal custodians who are able to do so; provides for the revocation and modification of kinship guardianships; provides for rights and duties of kinship guardians; provides for the authority of kinship guardians for school and non-school related activities; provides for medical and mental health authority for kinship guardians; amends Section 12-15-315 of the Code of Alabama 1975, the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act, to provide for the appointment of a kinship guardianship as a permanent plan alternative; amends Section 38-12-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for definitions and eligibility consistent with this bill; and amends Section 38-12-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to require that kinship foster parents meet all program and funding requirements</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To establish a kinship guardianships; to establish a kinship guardianship subsidy program; to provide legislative intent and purpose; to set procedures for establishing kinship guardianships and legal authority of kinship guardians; and to amend Sections 12-15-301, 12-15-314, 12-15-315, 38-12-2, and 38-12-4, Code of Alabama 1975. </p>

Subjects

Human Resources Department