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Pending Adoption Legislation in California
Fostering Connections to Success Act
Bill: AB 12; Status: Pending
Summary: Requires the department to amend its foster care state plan to extend care to specified individuals up to 21 years of age. Requires the court to ensure that the child's transitional case plan is reviewed periodically and includes a plan for the child to meet one or more criteria that would allow the child to remain a nonminor dependent, and to ensure that the child has been informed of his or her right to seek the termination of dependency jurisdiction. Extends the Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) to include children under 21 years of age who turned 16 years of age before the adoption assistance agreement became effective.
Sponsored by Assembly Members Beall and Bass, with principal co-author, Senator Liu
Income Tax Credit for Adoption Costs
Bill: AB 47; Status: Pending
Summary: Amends the Personal Income Tax Law to increase the credit limitation to a new maximum amount with respect to the adoption of a minor child who is over a specified age or who was living in a group home or residential treatment facility for a specified period prior to the time the adoption was completed. Creates additional incentives for prospective adoptive parents to adopt older foster youth by removing monetary barriers that might otherwise hinder the adoption of these older foster youth
Sponsored by Assembly Member Ma
Fostering Connections to Success Act
Bill: AB 12; Status: Pending-Carryover
Summary: Requires the department to amend its foster care state plan to extend care to specified individuals up to 21 years of age. Requires the court to ensure that the child's transitional case plan is reviewed periodically and includes a plan for the child to meet one or more criteria that would allow the child to remain a nonminor dependent, and to ensure that the child has been informed of his or her right to seek the termination of dependency jurisdiction. Extends the Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) to include children under 21 years of age who turned 16 years of age before the adoption assistance agreement became effective.
Sponsored by Assembly Members Beall and Bass, with principal co-author, Senator Liu
