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SB 544: Foster Care Payments

GENERAL BILL by Gruters

Foster Care Payments; Authorizing certain payments to relatives or nonrelatives who have a child placed with them in out-of-home care and who obtain a child-specific level I foster license within a specified timeframe; making technical changes, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 6/16/2025 Senate - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/7/2025 Senate • Filed
2/20/2025 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
3/4/2025 Senate • Introduced
5/3/2025 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
6/16/2025 Senate • Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs