Amends TCA Title 37.
Tennessee SB1850 amends Title 37 of the Tennessee Code Annotated by prohibiting the Department of Children's Services from requiring relative caregivers, including those in the kinship foster care program, to provide a child with their own bedroom as a condition for placing the child in their custody. This bill affects relative caregivers seeking to foster children and aims to ease placement requirements for children in need of care. Key provisions include the removal of the bedroom requirement, potentially facilitating more placements with relatives.
Tennessee SB1850 amends Title 37 of the Tennessee Code Annotated by prohibiting the Department of Children's Services from requiring relative caregivers, including those in the kinship foster care program, to provide a child with their own bedroom as a condition for placing the child in their custody. This bill affects relative caregivers seeking to foster children and aims to ease placement requirements for children in need of care. Key provisions include the removal of the bedroom requirement, potentially facilitating more placements with relatives.
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