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1521.6
. (a) The Legislature recognizes the importance of ensuring
that prospective foster family homes meet specified health and safety
requirements. Moreover, the Legislature acknowledges that there is a
further need to evaluate a licensed foster parent's ability,
readiness, and willingness to meet the varying needs of children,
including hard-to-place children, in order to ensure competent
placement resources. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature
that the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with
county placement agencies, foster care providers, and other
interested parties, develop and implement through regulations, a
comprehensive home study process that integrates the decision outcome
of the home study developed pursuant to Section 16518 of the Welfare
and Institutions Code, as a criteria for placement.
(b) This section shall become inoperative on the date the
regulations adopted pursuant to this section are filed with the
Secretary of State.