ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

House: GOV DPA 4-3-0-0

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

HB 2257: DCS; vaccinations; child placement

Sponsor: Representative Fink, LD 27

House Engrossed

Overview

Prohibits the Department of Child Safety (DCS) from refusing to place a child in a foster home or kinship foster home based solely on vaccination status.

History

The Office of Licensing and Regulation, a subdivision of DCS, is responsible for the licensing and regulation of foster homes, congregate care agencies, child placing agencies and adoption agencies (DCS Website).

Currently, when considering the placement of a child in a foster home DCS must follow a specified order of persons for placement.  DCS must also consider certain factors regarding the best interest of the child including the caregiver's willingness and interest in performing certain duties, the relationship between the child and the potential caregiver, the proximity of placement to the parents' home and the strength and parenting style of the potential caregiver (A.R.S. § 8-514).

Provisions

1.   Prohibits DCS from refusing to place a child in a licensed and qualified foster home or kinship foster home based solely on the vaccination status of the child or of the other children or foster children living in the foster home or kinship foster home. (Sec. 1)

 

 

 

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