2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

HB1205: Family Law - Prospective Foster Care Parents and Out-of-Home Placements

Legislative Summary

Requiring a local department of social services to provide non-confidential information to a prospective foster care parent on the medical, educational, and behavioral history of a child as it directly relates to the care of a child in an out-of-home placement; and authorizing a local department of social services to place up to four foster children in an out-of-home placement.

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Bill History

2/6/2025
First Reading Judiciary
House of Delegates
2/7/2025
Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
2/17/2025
Hearing canceled
House of Delegates
2/17/2025
Hearing 2/20 at 11:00 a.m.
House of Delegates
2/17/2025
Hearing canceled
House of Delegates
2/17/2025
Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
3/3/2025
Withdrawn by Sponsor
House of Delegates

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/6/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text2/6/202592.7 KB
Vote Image
Vote Image1/1/197059.2 KB