Bill
HB 36
An Act relating to treatment foster homes; relating to the placement of foster children in hospitals and residential psychiatric treatment centers for psychiatric care; relating to the duties of the Department of Family and Community Services; relating to the care of children in state custody placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities outside the state; amending Rule 12.1(b), Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules of Procedure; and providing for an effective date.
34th Legislature (2025-2026)
Introduced by Jeremy Bynum and 25 co-sponsors
Alaska bill establishing procedures for psychiatric hospital placement of foster children and regulating out-of-state residential facility placements with enhanced oversight requirements.
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