Bill Text: HI HB1315 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Foster Care; Age Restriction
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [HB1315 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB1315-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to foster care.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that due to the unfortunate nature of their situation, many former foster youths who are attending an institution of higher education find it difficult to adjust and transition to life after being in the foster care system because they often lack a support system. Without family support or the resources to provide for the basic necessities in life, many of these former foster youths may not have the financial means to attend school. The legislature believes that there is a need to support these former foster youths to ensure their success and transition into society and that providing foster care support to these former foster youths while attending school would enable them to focus on academic success and career development instead of worrying about housing, food, and other basic needs.
The purpose of this Act is to enable former foster youths who are attending an institution of higher education as a full-time student to stay in the foster care system until the age of twenty-three.
SECTION 2. Section 346-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "former foster youth" to read as follows:
""Former foster youth" means a person formerly placed under the jurisdiction of the department as a foster child by the family court pursuant to chapter 587A who has attained the age of eighteen or the age of twenty-three for a former foster child who is attending an institution of higher education as a full-time student, while under the placement responsibility of the department or who was under the placement responsibility of the department when a legally responsible caregiver was granted custody."
SECTION 3. Section 587A-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "child" to read as follows:
""Child" means a person who is
born alive and is less than eighteen years of age[.] or less than
twenty-three years of age for a person attending an institution of higher
education as a full-time student."
SECTION 4. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Foster Care; Age Restriction
Description:
Allows former foster care youths who are attending an institution of higher education as a full-time student, to stay in the foster care system until the age of 23.
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