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February 13, 2001
Mr. President:
The Judiciary Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.B. 153, KINSHIP PLACEMENT FOR FOSTER CHILDREN, by Senator B. Wright, with the following amendments:
1. Page 6, Line 158: After "78-3a-307" insert ", including, within five days after placement, the criminal history record check described in Subsection (5)"
2. Page 6, Line 159: After Line 159 insert "(5)(a) In order to determine the suitability of the kinship placement and to conduct a background screening and investigation of individuals living in the household in which a child is placed, each individual living in the household in which the child is placed shall be fingerprinted. If no disqualifying record is identified at the state level, the fingerprints shall be forwarded by the division to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check.
(b) The cost of those investigations shall be borne by whoever received placement of the child, except that the division may
pay all or part of the cost of those investigations if the person with whom the child is placed is unable to pay. "
3.
Page 7, Line 213: After "after" insert "any one or all of the following occur"
Respectfully,
David L. Gladwell
Committee Chair
Voting: 5-0-1
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