| BILL NO | A08504 |
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| SAME AS | SAME AS S04388
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| SPONSOR | Scarborough (MS) |
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| COSPNSR | Cook, Jaffee, Barron, Robinson, Rivera N, Titus |
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| MLTSPNSR | Colton, Galef, John, Titone, Towns, Wright |
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| Amd SS1055, 1087, 1088, 1089 & 1090, add Art 10-B S1091, Fam Ct Act; amd SS371 & 409-a, Soc Serv L |
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| Relates to trial discharges of youth in foster care and voluntary re-placements of older adolescents in foster care; extends trial discharges at permanency hearings for successive periods of up to six months until youth reach the age of 21, and where the affected youth is over 18, any such trail discharge would require his or her consent; allows youth between 18-21 who have been discharged within 24 months to seek leave to return voluntarily to foster care. |
