Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits the department from requiring a relative caregiver, including relatives in the kinship foster care program, to provide a child with the child's own bedroom in determining whether to place the child in the custody of the relative caregiver. - Amends TCA Title 37.

Summary

The law stops the Department of Children’s Services from requiring a relative caregiver, including kinship foster parents, to provide a child with their own bedroom when deciding placement. A separate bedroom can only be mandated if specific safety or medical concerns make sharing unsafe. This change is meant to ease the process of placing children with relatives.

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