An Act relating to treatment foster homes; relating to the placement of foster children in hospitals and residential psychiatric treatment centers for psychiatric care; relating to the duties of the Department of Family and Community Services; relating to the care of children in state custody placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities outside the state; amending Rule 12.1(b), Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules of Procedure; and providing for an effective date.

Summary

The act lets certain 16‑year‑old and older minors consent to medical, dental, behavioral and mental‑health care without a parent, especially if they are homeless, unaccompanied, or unable to contact a guardian. It also requires criminal‑history checks for anyone licensed or paid by the Department of Family and Community Services to operate a foster home, placement agency, or runaway shelter, and limits unaided mental‑health treatment to five outpatient visits.

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