California Health and Safety Code

§ 1506.5

HSC § 1506.5 Effective Jan 1, 2017Div. 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Foster family agencies shall not use foster family homes licensed by a county or resource families approved by a county without the approval of the licensing or approving county. When approval is granted, a written agreement between the foster family agency and the county shall specify the nature of administrative control and case management responsibility and the nature and number of the children to be served in the home.

(b)Before a foster family agency may use a licensed foster family home it shall review and, with the exception of a new fingerprint clearance, qualify the home in accordance with Section 1506.

(c)When approval is granted pursuant to subdivision (a), and for the duration of the agreement permitting the foster family agency use of the licensed foster family home or county-approved resource family, no child shall be placed in that home except through the foster family agency.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 612, Sec. 20. (AB 1997) Effective January 1, 2017.