BILL NUMBER: SB 12	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Beall

                        DECEMBER 1, 2014

   An act relating to foster youth.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 12, as introduced, Beall. Foster youth.
   Existing law provides that a minor who is found to have suffered
abuse or neglect maybe adjudged a dependent child of the juvenile
court. Existing law provides that a minor who is found to have
committed a crime, who is truant, or who has violated an ordinance
imposing a curfew, may be adjudged a ward of the juvenile court.
Existing law authorizes the juvenile court to retain jurisdiction
over a ward or dependent child until the person attains the age of 21
years. Existing law also authorizes the juvenile court to make
reasonable orders for the placement of a ward or dependent child,
including placement in a juvenile facility.
   Existing law provides that nonminor dependent children and wards
are eligible to receive foster youth benefits after 18 years of age,
under specified circumstances, including that the person has attained
18 years of age while under an order of foster care placement by the
juvenile court.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require that a placement order for a person
who is in the custody of a juvenile facility remain in place until
the person attains 18 years of age and is released from custody, in
order to help ensure that the person may remain eligible for foster
youth benefits upon his or her release from custody.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require that a placement order for a person
who is in the custody of a juvenile facility remain in place until
the person attains 18 years of age and is released from custody, in
order to help ensure that the person may remain eligible for foster
youth benefits upon his or her release from custody.