Allows HHS to delegate custodial rights and duties to foster care licensees for children in its custody.
This bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to delegate its custodial rights and duties to a licensed foster care provider when HHS has legal custody of a child. Delegable rights and duties include protecting, training, and disciplining the child, providing food, clothing, housing, and medical care, and consenting to emergency medical care.
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