Bill Text: SC H4510 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Foster children

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)

Status: (Passed) 2016-05-31 - Act No. 187 [H4510 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2015-H4510-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 63-7-2400 SO AS TO ESTABLISH LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF FOSTER CHILDREN WHO MAY BE PLACED IN A FOSTER HOME.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Article 5, Chapter 7, Title 63 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 63-7-2400.    A foster home may not provide full-time care for more than five children, excluding the foster parents' own children and other children who are household members, except to:

(1)    keep a sibling group together;

(2)    keep a child in the child's home community;

(3)    return a child to a home in which the child was previously placed; or

(4)    comply with an order of the court."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.