AN ACT relating to child welfare.

Summary

The bill makes the health and family services cabinet require fingerprint‑based criminal background checks for anyone applying to be a foster, relative caregiver, fictive kin, or adoptive parent, and also for all adult household members. It adds rules for quicker, local placements of children in state custody and requires short abuse‑prevention training for adults caring for young children in fictive kin homes. The changes aim to improve child safety while expanding placement options.

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