HB21 Alabama 2017 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
April WeaverSenatorRepublican- Session
- Regular Session 2017
- Title
- Dependent children, Human Resources Dept required to make efforts to place infant of a dependent minor mother with the minor mother in foster care, Sec. 12-15-314 am'd.
- Description
Under existing law, a juvenile court may allow a dependent child to remain with a parent or legal guardian or be placed with certain licensed public or private agencies, organizations, or facilities willing and able to assume the education, care, and maintenance of the child or a suitable relative or other individual approved by the department.
This bill would require the Department of Human Resources to make every effort to place an infant of a dependent minor mother together with the minor mother in foster care.
- Subjects
- Children
Bill Actions
Indefinitely Postponed
Judiciary first Amendment Offered
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature