SB773
Foster care; housing services, housing plan, report.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Foster care; housing services; housing plan; report.
Requires local departments of social services to develop housing plans for individuals leaving foster care due to age that includes a description of housing options being pursued. The bill requires the Commissioner of Social Services to provide reports to the Governor and General Assembly on housing services for individuals aging ... (More) out of foster care on or before October 1 of each year. The bill grants the Department of Social Services the authority to enter into a memorandum of understanding with local public housing authorities or housing programs to facilitate access to grant dollars for the Foster Youth to Independence Initiative under the Family Unification Program Housing Choice Vouchers. The bill directs local departments of social services to collaborate with local housing authorities to secure Family Unification Program Housing Choice Vouchers for certain youth enumerated in the bill. Finally, the bill directs local public housing authorities and local departments of social services to collaborate to administer the Foster Youth to Independence Initiative. (Less)-
Bill History
- 12/23/2024 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101926D
- 12/23/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/17/2025 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/17/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25105189D-S1
- 01/18/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB773)
- 01/21/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB773)
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (12-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute agreed to
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Amendments agreed to
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amended
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 25105189D-ES1
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB773)
- 02/05/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/05/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 02/06/2025 - House: Assigned sub: Social Services
- 02/07/2025 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 02/11/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2025 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 02/13/2025 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/18/2025 - House: Left in Appropriations
