Nebraska\u2019s current Foster Care Review Board would be replaced by a Foster Care Review Office under a bill advanced from select file March 28.<\/p>\n
The 11-member Foster Care Review Board was created by the Legislature in 1982 as an independent agency to provide oversight to the state\u2019s foster care system.<\/p>\n
LB998, introduced by Omaha Sen. Bob Krist, would abolish the board and establish a Foster Care Review Office. Terms of the current 11-member Foster Care Review Board would terminate immediately.<\/p>\n
Under the bill as amended on general file, the newly created office would be a non-code agency within the executive branch. All staff except the executive director would be transferred from the Foster Care Review Board to the Foster Care Review Office.<\/p>\n
The bill also would create a Foster Care Advisory Committee. Lists of potential appointees would be submitted to the governor by the Legislature and members would be limited to two consecutive three-year terms.<\/p>\n
No member of the advisory committee could have a financial interest in the foster care system or be employed by the state Department of Health and Human Services, a county, court, child-caring agency or child-placement agency.<\/p>\n
Cedar Rapids Sen. Kate Sullivan offered an amendment on select file, adopted 33-0, which added to the bill an operative date of July 1, 2012.<\/p>\n
She said the change would coincide with the start of the state\u2019s fiscal year and would allow more time for the transition.<\/p>\n
\u201cLB998 as amended represents a major change to how a state agency operates \u2026 so I think it\u2019s only right that we make sure this change takes place in a reasonable and logical fashion,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Following adoption of two technical amendments offered by Krist, lawmakers advanced the bill from select file by voice vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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