Nebraska\u2019s current Foster Care Review Board will be replaced by a Foster Care Review Office under a bill approved by the Legislature April 5.<\/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, abolishes the board and establishes a Foster Care Review Office. Terms of the current 11-member Foster Care Review Board will be terminated.<\/p>\n
Under the bill, the newly created office will be a non code agency within the executive branch. All staff except the executive director will be transferred from the Foster Care Review Board to the Foster Care Review Office.<\/p>\n
The bill also creates a Foster Care Advisory Committee. Lists of potential appointees will be submitted to the governor by the Legislature and members will be limited to two consecutive three-year terms.<\/p>\n
No member of the advisory committee may 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
The bill has an operative date of July 1, 2012.<\/p>\n
LB998 passed 45-0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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