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2001 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1350

AN ACT CONCERNING GRANDPARENTS CARING FOR GRANDCHILDREN AND FOSTER CARE SUBSIDIES.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on May 9, 2001. The 2001 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) reduce, from eighteen to twelve months, the time a child must have been in Department of Children and Families' foster care or certified relative care to qualify for its subsidized guardianship program; (2) eliminate the commissioner's discretion, within available appropriations, to provide subsidies for those who have been in foster or relative care between twelve and eighteen months; (3) allow relative caregivers appointed as guardians or coguardians by either Probate or Superior courts to qualify for the same subsidy under certain conditions; and (4) establish the Grandparents-as-Parents program within the Department of Social Services to provide support and information for grandparents raising grandchildren and training on their needs for relevant professionals.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    John W. Thompson

    Its course

    March 2 to May 9, 2001, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action16 actions on 11 days

    In the SenateMar 2 to May 9 · stopped68 days

    Human Services CommitteeMar 2 to Mar 2927 days

    Appropriations CommitteeApr 25 to May 16 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Mar 2 – May 1

    1. Mar 2Introduced and sent to Human Services Committee
    2. Mar 22Heard in Human Services Committee
    3. Mar 29Human Services Committee recommended it
    4. Apr 25Sent to Appropriations Committee
    5. May 1Appropriations Committee recommended it
    All 16 actions, as published
    1. Mar 2REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 22PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 29Joint FavorableBoth houses
    4. Apr 4FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Apr 10REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 18RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 18FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    8. Apr 18SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    9. Apr 18FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Apr 25REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    11. May 1Joint FavorableBoth houses
    12. May 2FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    13. May 3RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    14. May 3NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    15. May 3FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    16. May 9MOVED TO FOOT OF CAL., SENATESenate