Bill Title: To require a public children services agency or private child placing agency that obtains temporary custody of a child to attempt to notify certain relatives of the child; to require a public children services agency to attempt to keep siblings together; to modify the putative father registry; to eliminate the automatic termination upon the expiration of one year of a power of attorney or caretaker authorization affidavit that gives care of a child to a grandparent; to allow a grandparent to seek custody of a child if the child's parent, guardian, or custodian seeks to terminate a power of attorney or caretaker authorization affidavit; to require a public children services agency to file a missing child report if a child in its custody is or may be missing; to authorize a public children services agency to provide care for a child in the home of a qualified nonrelative of the child; to require the Department of Job and Family Services to develop recommendations for the implementation of a subsidized relative guardianship program; to authorize the State Board of Education to issue one-year, renewable instructional assistant permits for qualified individuals to provide services to children under the Autism Scholarship Program; to make other changes in the administration of the Autism Scholarship Program; and to declare an emergency.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-12-20 - Effective Date [HB279 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Enrolled	2012-12-14	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2012-12-13	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2012-11-14	HTML/Text	Link	View
Comm Sub	2012-05-09	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2011-06-22	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
No bill amendments currently on file for Ohio HB279

Supplemental Documents

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No supplemental documents for Ohio HB279 currently on file.

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