ARTICLE 2. Resource Family Approval Program
Article 2 heading added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 612, Sec. 118.
§§ 16519.3–16519.7 · 22 sections
- § 16519.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other law and no later than January 1, 2027, the department shall adopt a simplified approval process for relative caregivers…
- § 16519.4 (a) Upon implementation of a simplified approval process adopted pursuant to Section 16519.3, and no later than 18 months after implementation, the department…
- § 16519.5 (a) The State Department of Social Services, in consultation with county child welfare agencies, foster parent associations, and other interested community…
- § 16519.501 A resource family approval shall be forfeited by operation of law when one of the following occurs: (a) The resource family surrenders the approval to the…
- § 16519.502 (a) A portion of the annual resource family training shall support the case plans, goals, and needs of children in the resource family home, if there are any…
- § 16519.51 (a) A person shall not incur civil liability as a result of a county notifying the department of its determination to rescind the approval of a resource family…
- § 16519.52 (a) A resource family may install and use delayed egress devices of the time delay type in the home of the resource family. (b) As used in this section,…
- § 16519.53 (a) A resource family shall be authorized to administer emergency medical assistance and injections for severe diabetic hypoglycemia and anaphylactic shock to…
- § 16519.54 Notwithstanding any other law, a resource family shall not be subject to civil penalties imposed pursuant to the Community Care Facilities Act (Chapter 3…
- § 16519.55 (a) Subject to subdivision (d), to encourage the recruitment of resource families, to protect their personal privacy, and to preserve the security of…
- § 16519.555 (a) The written report evaluating a resource family applicant’s capacity to foster, adopt, and provide legal guardianship of a child based on all of the…
- § 16519.56 (a) (1) A county shall place a resource family on inactive status upon notification by the resource family in accordance with this section and the written…
- § 16519.57 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a resource family who has had a child either placed with them pursuant to order of the juvenile court or voluntarily placed…
- § 16519.58 (a) A resource family approved by a licensed foster family agency pursuant to Section 1517 or 1517.5 of the Health and Safety Code may transfer their approval…
- § 16519.59 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, contracts or grants awarded for purposes of this article shall be exempt from the personal services contracting requirements…
- § 16519.6 (a) A hearing conducted pursuant to Section 16519.5 shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of this section and the written directives or…
- § 16519.61 A county or the department may deny a resource family application or rescind the approval of a resource family, and the department may exclude an individual…
- § 16519.62 (a) The out-of-court statements of a child under 12 years of age who is the subject or victim of an allegation at issue constitutes admissible evidence at an…
- § 16519.63 (a) An administrative law judge conducting a hearing pursuant to this article may permit the testimony of a child witness or a similarly vulnerable witness,…
- § 16519.64 (a) In any administrative proceeding conducted pursuant to this article in which a child or other minor is the victim in an allegation of inappropriate sexual…
- § 16519.65 (a) For matters set before the State Hearings Division, the county or respondent may file a request with the department for a rehearing within 30 days after…
- § 16519.7 The training requirements of subparagraph (I) of paragraph (13) of subdivision (g) of Section 16519.5 shall include training on the importance of the…