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EXPLANATION: create a foster care study committee to determine the efficacy of administering the program within dss
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 89, GENERAL
PROVISIONS, page 520, after line 27, by adding an appropriately
numbered paragraph to read:
/ (GP: Foster Care Review Board Study
Committee) For the current fiscal year, effective July 1, 2011,
in order to bring accountability and transparency to the foster
care process, a Foster Care Review Board Study Committee shall
be established to determine:
1)
the efficacy of administration of the Foster
Care Review Board Program within the Department of Social
Services. The study shall analyze the Foster Care Review Board
Program's ability to advocate in a transparent and independent
manner for foster care children within the structure of the
Department of Social Services.
2)
ways in which to monitor performance and
establish accountability of foster care review volunteers,
including certification and oversight.
The Foster Care Study
Committee shall be composed of the following members: Director
of Social Services, or her designee; Director of the Foster Care
Review Board Program, or her designee; a member of the Joint
Legislative Committee on Children appointed by the Chairman of
the committee; Director of the SC Bar, or his designee; and one
volunteer foster care review board member in good standing with
the Foster Care Review Board, to be appointed by the Governor.
Members appointed by the Governor must not be employees of the
State of South Carolina. Members shall serve at the pleasure of
the appointing authority. The Director of the Department of
Social Services shall serve as chairman. Members of the study
committee shall serve without compensation.
The study committee shall
provide a report on the status of their findings and
recommendations to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee
and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee by
January 10, 2012. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.