Master Matrix of Adoption and Safe Families Act Provisions-By State

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Master Matrix of Adoption and State Families Act Provisions-By State

As of August 1999

Safety in case plan

Timing of Permanency Hearings

Permanency Options

Concurrent Planning

Interstate Adoptions

Safety Paramount

Reunification Services Not Required

Procedural Issues for No Reunification Efforts Determination

Reasonable Efforts to Place

TPR Filing Required

Exceptions to TPR Filing

Criminal Records Checks

Health Insurance

Foster Care Standards

Notice Requirements

Effective Date

ASFA

Allowed

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1-3, 5, 6, 23

ASFA

In existing law

Medicaid

Yes

4/22/98

ASFA

Return home,TPR/adoption, TPR/Legal guardian, Other

Allowed

Authorizes joining ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA (modified sibling TPR)Agg: 1-3, 5, 7-14, 21

ASFA

15/22, abandonment, failure to remedy conduct, best interest, agg. circumstances

ASFA

Yes

Medicaid

Yes

9/14/98

12 months after removal; w/in 30 days after "no r.e." determ.

If child is not returned, TPR, adoption, or some other arrangement

Allowed

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA (modified sibling TPR)Agg: 4, 8-10, 12, 14, 23

Clear and convincing standard

Ct. to order TPR filing at perm. hearing if in child's best interest

In existing law (adoptive parents)

Medicaid

Yes

8/21/98

Yes

ASFA

Return home; TPR; guardian, permanent custodian

Allowed

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg:1, 3, 5, 20, 23

Determ. made after adjud. or at dispo.

r.e. req'd for child in FC 12 mos.

Filing req'd if permanency goal is TPR

ASFA

Medicaid

Yes

3/4/99

Yes

12 months after placement: at dispo. hrg. if "no r.e." determ.

Return home, TPR/adoption, Guardianship, LTFC

Required

No delay or denial of adoption to approved out-of-state family

Yes

Mand: child death, viol. felony, modified sibling TPR Agg: 1, 4 ,6, 8-10, 13, 15-19

Determin. made at dispo. hrg

15/22; when no r.e. made and adoption likely; if child not returned at 12 mos.

ASFA + others (see TPR table)

In existing law (foster parents)

Medicaid

Yes

1/1/99

Yes

ASFA

ASFA; must show compelling reason for not returning child home

Allowed

ICAMA

Yes

Mand:ASFA except aiding, etc., sibling TPR Agg: 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 13, 19

No filing req't; new grounds covering ASFA TPR except aband. infant

ASFA + delays not w/in parent's control (for 15/22 mos. cases)

Yes-for adoptive parents

Medicaid

Yes

7/1/98

Earlier of 10 months after adjudication or 12 months after removal; 30 days after "no r.e." determ.

Return home, Independent living, Guardianship, LTFC, TPR, other

Mand: ASFA (modified sibling TPR)Agg: 1, 4, 5, 18

State may petition court any time

ASFA

In existing law

State funded program

7/1/98; 10/1/98

ICAMA

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1, 4, 19, 22

In existing law

Medicaid

Applies retroactively to petitions after 10/3/96

No later than 12 months after child placed in care

Return home, adoption, LTFC, indep. living, relative

Allowed

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 3-5, 7, 19, 20

ASFA

If child not returned at permanency hearing

ASFA

Yes-with opt-out provision

Medicaid

Yes

10/1/98

Yes

12 months after child placed in care; w/in 30 days after "no r.e." determ.

ASFA

Allowed

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1-3, 5, 23

Clear and convincing evidence

ASFA

In existing law

Medicaid

Yes

7/1/98

Ct. may order show cause hearing after 12 months

Return home, adoption, guardian-ship, LTFC

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 7

Determine at 6 month review

In existing law (for foster parents)

Medicaid

6/24/98

12 months after child placed in care w/in 30 days after "no r.e."determ.

ASFA

Allowed

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1-3, 5,18

Determine at dispo. hearing

ASFA

15/22 months

ASFA

Opt-out

Medicaid

7/1/98

Yes

ASFA

Return home, TPR & adoption, guardianship, indep. living, LTFC

Required

Authorizes interstate agreements; ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 23

State may request finding at any time

ASFA

In existing law

State funded program

Yes

6/30/98

ASFA

Return home, TPR, adoption, relative, guardian or other arrangement

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1, 4, 19, 22

Ct. may make finding at any time

ASFA

In existing law (foster parents)

Medicaid

Yes

7/1/98; TPR provisions eff. 7/1/99

ASFA

Return home,TPR, guardianship, other parent, LTFC

Allowed

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA (modified sibling TPR)Agg: 1, 4, 5, 11

Requires written findings of fact

ASFA; aggravated circumstances

ASFA; return home probable in 6 mos.

Yes

Medicaid

Yes

7/1/98

12 months after child placed in care; w/in 30 days of "no r.e." determ.

Post-TPR: adoption, LTFC

ICAMA

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1-3, 5, 7, 11

Determine at dispo. hearing or 12 mo. review

If aggravated circumstances and adoption in best interest of child

ASFA

Yes

Medicaid

Yes

7/1/98

ASFA

Return home, adoption, LTFC

ICAMA

No filing req't; new grounds added including 15/22, death of child, assault

In existing law (foster parents)

Medicaid

Yes

3/17/98

Yes

W/in 30 days after "no r.e."determ.; 9 or 12 months after disposition

Return home; adoption; guardian; relative custody; other

Allowed

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1-5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 19-21, 23

State may file motion any time; clear and convincing evidence std.

ASFA

In existing law

Medicaid

Yes

6/30/98

ASFA

Allowed

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1- 5, 7, 16, 20, 22, 23

Agency can discontinue r.e. but must file motion for ct. approval

ASFA, agg. circumstance and r.e. not made

ASFA

In existing law

Medicaid

Yes

6/30/98

Yes

No later than 11 mos. after placement; 30 days after "no r.e." determ.

ASFA

Required

Yes

Mand: Crime of violence; sibling TPR Agg: 2-5, 11, 19, 21

Clear and convincing evidence; agency may request determ. any time

ASFA; every reasonable effort to place w/in 24 months

ASFA

In existing law

Medicaid

Yes

7/1/98

Within 12 months of commitment to state

Return., adoption, guardianship, other perm. arrangement

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg:3, 5, 14, 21

Determination must be in writing

ASFA

Yes

Medicaid

Yes

3/31/99

No more than 364 days after petition filed

Return home, TPR, LTFC

Abandonment; criminal sexual conduct; torture; serious injury; murder; TPR; if not returned at 12 mos.

In existing law (adoptive parents)

State funded program

3/24/99

Within 12 mos. after child is placed in care; Within 6 mos. if child less than 8

Return home,rela-tive, TPR & adoption, LTFC

Allowed

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg:11, 20, 22, 23

Specific findings required

ASFA

ASFA except aided, etc., 15/22 applies to children in care when law enacted; cases of "egregious harm"

Relative; compelling reason

Yes

Medicaid

Yes

Various

Yes

Parents have at most 6 mos. to meet case plan goals; perm. hrg. w/in 6 mos. thereafter

If not return home or TPR, legal custody, guardian-ship

Allowed

ICAMA

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1-5, 23

Child placed in physical custody of relative and state has legal custody

Yes

Medicaid

7/1/98

ASFA

Return home, TPR and adoption, guardian, LTFC

Allowed

Prohibits delay, denial of place- ment, etc.; ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 4, 5, 14

ASFA

In existing law

Medicaid

Yes

7/1/98

ASFA

Return, TPR, longterm custody

Allowed

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA (modsibling TPR) Agg: 1-3, 5, 11

Request may be made with initial petition

ASFA

15/22; if reasonable efforts not required

ASFA

Medicaid

Yes

10/1/99

Yes

No later than 12 mos.after foster care placement

ASFA (compelling reason for not return home)

Allowed

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1-3, 5, 23

ASFA

In existing law

Medicaid

Yes

4/14/98

Within 12 months after removal; within 30 days after "no reasonable efforts" determination

Return home; adotpion; guardianship

Allowed

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1, 3, 10, 11

ASFA

In existing law

Medicaid

Yes

7/1/99

ICAMA

ASFA (12/22 mos.)

ASFA

Medicaid

6/18/99

ASFA

Return home, TPR and adoption, alternative permanent placement

Allowed

Authorizes interstate compacts

Yes

Mand; ASFA Agg: 1, 4, 11, 20

ASFA

Mand, Agg, Cirucm.; child's best interest; fail to correct cond.

ASFA

Yes

Medicaid

Yes

3/31/99

A/in 6 mos. of initial jud. review; w/in 30 days of "no r.e."det.

Return home; guardian; adoption and TPR; state custody until majority; LTFC

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 2, 3, 5, 23

ASFA

No filing req't; grounds added

State funded program

Yes

7/1/99

ASFA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 3 (repeated abuse), 5

May file motion concurrently with or after filing of initial petition

ASFA

Yes

Medicaid

Yes

2/11/99

ASFA

Return home, guardianship (relative or other), adoption, other perm. living arrangement

Allowed

Yes

Mand:ASFA Agg: 1-3, 5, 23

Clear and convincing standard; determ. made at continued custody, dispo. or review hearing

ASFA

ASFA except felony assault

ASFA

Yes-adoptive parents only

Medicaid

Yes

1/1/99-6/30/99 and 7/1/99

ASFA

Allowed

Authorizes ICAMA

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1-3, 5, 6, 9, 13

ASFA

Yes

Medcaid

8/1/99

Yes

12 mos. after complaint; 30 days after "no r.e." determ.

ASFA

Interstate compacts authorized

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1, 4-6, 11, 19

ASFA

12/22 months; ct. determines r.e. not req'd

ASFA except relative

In existing law

Medicaid

Yes

3/18/99

Yes

ASFA; eff. 1/1/00, w/in 6 mos. for children under 3

ASFA

Allowed

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA (modified sibling TPR)Agg: 1-3, 5-7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19

ASFA

Opt-out

Medicaid

Yes

5/29/98

Not in session in '98

Yes

W/in 6 mos. of removal, then every 6 mos; w/in 30 days "no r.e." determin.

ASFA

Mand: ASFA Agg: 5, 8, 11, 19

Can occur at dependency or permanency hearing

ASFA; aggravated circumstances

ASFA

In existing law

Medicaid

Yes

1/1/99

12 mos.after child is placed in care; w/in 30 days of "no r.e." determ.

ASFA

Allowed

Fair hrg.; no delay, etc.; ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1-3, 5, 20

ASFA

ASFA; if child in FC 12 months; cruel and abusive conduct

ASFA; parents maintain contact; return home probable w/in 3 mos.

In existing law

Medicaid

Yes

7/3/98

12 mos.after child is placed in care; w/in 30 days of "no r.e." determ

return home, TPR & adoption, guardian, LTFC, ind. living

Allowed

Fair hrg; no delay, etc.; ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1-5, 11, 19, 21, 23

Ct. may determine at regular hearings, reviews

Agency must promote and expedite adoptive placement

ASFA

Compelling reason; services not provided

In existing law (drug offenses added)

Medicaid

Yes

6/15/98

12 months after child is placed in care

TPR, return home, independent living, LTFC

ICAMA

Mand: ASFA except aiding, abetting, etc. Agg: 11, 18, 19

New grounds added

In existing law (foster parents)

Medicaid

7/1/98

Yes

ASFA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1, 4, 5, 16, 18, 19

ASFA

In existing law

Medicaid

7/1/98

30 days after "no r.e. finding; 180 days after appt. of state as temp. managing conservator

Return home; relative as conservator; state as conservator; TPR

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA except attempt, etc. Agg: 1, 4, 5, 18

ASFA

TPR filing required for abandoned child

In existing law

Medicaid

9/1/99

Yes

12 months after child is placed in care; w/in 30 days of "no r.e." determ

Return home, TPR, adoption, guardianship, LTFC

Make use of cross-juris. resources; ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1, 4, 5, 8-10, 12, 23

ASFA

ASFA except 15/22

ASFA

Yes

Medicaid

Yes

7/1/98

12 months after child is placed in care; party may request speedier hrgs. for younger children

ASFA

Yes

In existing law

Medicaid

Yes

7/1/98

w/in 11 mos. of dispo. hrg.; w/in 30 days of "no r.e." determ.

Return home, relative, TPR, indep. living, LTFC

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 21

Agency must file report every 6 mos. on progress

No filing req't, but new grounds to correspond with Mand. and Agg. circumstances

Yes

Meidcaid

Yes

7/1/98

12 months after child is placed in care; w/in 30 days of "no r.e." determ.

Return home, adoption, guardian, relative, LTFC, indep. living

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1, 4-6, 21, 22

ASFA

Court may order if in the best interest of child, recom- mended by state and aggravating circumstances exist

Yes

Medicaid

Yes

6/11/98

Yes

12 months after placing child; w/in 30 days of "no r.e." determ.

ASFA; "other arrangement" requires compelling reason for not returning child

Allowed

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1-3, 5

Ct. to determine at prelim. hrg. or dispo.

ASFA + sibling TPR

ASFA

In existing law

Medicaid

Yes

7/1/98

Yes

W/in 30 days after "no r.e." determ.; orders terminate at the end of 1 year

For 15/22 children, return home, TPR, adoption

Allowed

ICAMA

Yes

Mand: ASFA Agg: 1-3, 5, 23

Agency must state efforts to place child

ASFA

Yes

Medicaid

Yes

6/17/98

Every 12 months

ICAMA (associate member)

No filing req't; 15/22 added as ground

Medicaid

7/1/98; TPR provision 3/20/98

No 98 ASFA laws

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