Text of CA AB 628 (2006)

skip to content home accessibility FAQ feedback sitemap login x Quick Search: Bill Number Bill Keyword Home Bill Information California Law Publications Other Resources My Subscriptions My Favorites Bill Information >> Bill Search >> Text Bill Text PDF2 Add To My Favorites | Version: 01/04/06 - Amended Assembly 02/17/05 - Introduced AB-628 Foster care givers.(2005-2006) Text >> Votes >> History >> Bill Analysis >> Today's Law As Amended >> Compare Versions >> Status >> Comments To Author >> Add To My Favorites >> SHARE THIS: Bill Start Amended IN Assembly January 04, 2006 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2005–2006 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 628 Introduced by Assembly Member Strickland February 17, 2005 An act to add Section 1502.1 to the Health and Safety Code, and to add Section 16015 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to foster care. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 628, as amended, Strickland. Foster care givers. Existing law provides for the certification, licensing, and training of foster care providers. Existing law relating to the placement of children in foster care generally requires these placements to be made in the best interests of the child. This bill would provide, notwithstanding any other provision of law, that the religious or moral beliefs of a person licensed or certified to provide foster care, or of a person applying for licensure or certification to provide foster care do not render the person ineligible to provide foster care, and that a foster care provider’s youth’s objection, based upon religious or moral grounds, to the initial or continued placement of a foster youth in the provider’s care in a foster care provider’s home, do not render the provider ineligible to provide foster care to any other foster youth. The bill would declare legislative intent to prohibit discrimination by a foster care provider against a foster youth based solely on the religious faith or denomination of the foster youth. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 1502.1 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: 1502.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the religious or moral beliefs of a person licensed or certified to provide foster care, or of a person applying for licensure or certification to provide foster care, shall not render the person ineligible to provide foster care. (b)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a foster care provider’s objection, based upon religious or moral grounds, to the initial or continued placement of a foster youth in the provider’s care, shall not render the foster care provider ineligible to provide foster care to any other foster youth. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a foster youth’s objection, based on religious or moral grounds, to initial or continued placement in a foster care provider’s home, shall not render the foster care provider ineligible to provide care to any other foster youth. SEC. 2. Section 16015 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read: 16015. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the religious or moral beliefs of a person licensed or certified to provide foster care, or of a person applying for licensure or certification to provide foster care, shall not render the person ineligible to provide foster care. (b)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a foster care provider’s objection, based upon religious or moral grounds, to the initial or continued placement of a foster youth in the provider’s care, shall not render the foster care provider ineligible to provide foster care to any other foster youth. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a foster youth’s objection, based on religious or moral grounds, to initial or continued placement in a foster care provider’s home, shall not render the foster care provider ineligible to provide care to any other foster youth. SEC. 3. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act to prohibit discrimination by a foster care provider against a foster youth based solely on the religious faith or denomination of the foster youth.