FAMILY SERVICES, DIVISION OF

Missouri House of Representatives
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FAMILY SERVICES, DIVISION OF
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: Allows the Division of Family Services to provide financial assistance to not-for-profit food pantries operating throughout the state.

: Adds the Camden County child assessment center to the list of centers funded by the Department of Social Services.

: Exempts certain foster parents from support thresholds on dependency exemptions.

: Allows a parent to leave a child less than thirty days old in the custody of certain professionals without subjecting themselves to criminal or civil liability.

: Revises the foster care reimbursement rate.

: Establishes the Parental Child Support Responsibility Program in the Department of Social Services.

: Provides for a salary increase for certain state family workers who complete a family development credentialing program.

: Enacts the "Safe Place for Newborns Act of 2002".

: Modifies the exemptions from licensure required for foster homes, residential care facilities, and child placing agencies.

: Amends the notice provisions regarding liens on bank accounts for child support arrearages.

: Delineates the rights and responsibilities of foster parents.

: Modifies various provisions regarding the investigation of child abuse.

: Allows a parent to leave a child in the custody of a hospital without threat of criminal prosecution for child abandonment.

: Enacts and modifies various provisions regarding protection of the elderly.

: Requires entities providing foster care services to children who are wards of the state to be reimbursed at a rate equal to one hundred percent of their actual costs.

: Establishes the Office of Child Protection Information and the Child Protection Information Advisory Committee to assist persons with children who are or have received protective services.

: Modifies the provisions regarding the imposition of a processing fee for child support orders.

: Modifies the requirements for supplemental nursing payments.

: Requires the Department of Social Services to conduct or contract for an advertising campaign for the recruitment of adoptive and foster care families.

: Adds a regional child assessment center in Camden County.

: Makes a number of changes designed to protect the elderly.

: Protects a parent from liability for relinquishing custody of a newborn to a hospital.

: Increases the foster care reimbursement and adoption subsidy rates over a three-year period.

: Revises laws on foster care, child abuse, child labor, and medical records.

: Requires certain facilities for children to show proof of accreditation or compliance with safety standards.

: Requires the Division of Family Services to provide an annual report on the status of welfare reform in Missouri.

: Revises the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement law.

: Modifies the Grandparents as Foster Parents Program.

: Allows certain foster parents to receive a dependency exemption on their state income tax returns.

: Revises laws on foster care, child abuse, child labor, and medical records.

: Allows the Division of Family Services to request license-exempt foster care facilities for reasons for exemption.

: Revises laws on foster care, child abuse, child labor, and medical records.

: Extends the sunset for the Children's Health Insurance Program to July 1, 2007.

: Requires the use of National Medical Support notice to enforce health benefit plan coverage in child support orders.

: Modifies child abuse investigation procedures that involve a school or child care facility.

: Establishes the Parental Child Support Responsibility Program in the Department of Social Services to provide qualified children with the total amount of child support owed to them.

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Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:08 am