HB 954 -- Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children

Sponsor:  Franz

This bill revises the Interstate Compact for the Placement of
Children and changes the laws regarding the placement of
children.  In its main provisions, the bill:

(1)  Establishes a process and the operating procedures to place
children subject to the compact in safe and suitable homes in a
timely manner;

(2)  Facilitates ongoing supervision of a placement, delivery of
services, and communication between the states;

(3)  Authorizes the Interstate Commission for the Placement of
Children to implement the provisions of the compact and to
regulate the specified activities of the member states;

(4)  Provides for uniform data collection and information sharing
between member states;

(5)  Promotes coordination between the compact, the Interstate
Compact for Juveniles, the Interstate Compact on Adoption and
Medical Assistance, and other compacts affecting the placement of
and services to children otherwise subject to this compact;

(6)  Provides for a state's continuing legal jurisdiction and
responsibility for the placement and care of a child that it
would have had if the placement was intrastate;

(7)  Provides guidelines, in collaboration with Indian tribes,
for interstate cases involving Indian children;

(8)  Requires that a family support team meeting or juvenile
court proceeding regarding the termination of parental rights be
closed if a parent has terminated, in writing, his or her
parental rights regarding a placement in a licensed child placing
agency; and

(9)  Allows a licensed child placing agency to file a petition
for the transfer of custody.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:21 am