Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3820 Primary Sponsor:Shissias Committee Number:27 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Foster parent applicant Residing Body:House Current Committee:Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Computer Document Number:436/11137AC.93 Introduced Date:19930401 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19930401 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Shissias A. Young Neilson G. Bailey Hutson Quinn Simrill Corning Scott Harrison J. Wilder Stuart D. Wilder Robinson Fair Gamble R. Smith Wilkins Haskins Graham Anderson Waites Moody-Lawrence Vaughn Cato Walker Hines Stone Chamblee Allison Littlejohn Houck Neal Rogers Byrd J. Brown Type of Legislation:General Bill
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3820 House 19930401 Introduced, read first time, 27
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 20-7-1640 SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT A PERSON APPLYING FOR LICENSURE AS A FOSTER PARENT AND A PERSON EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER RESIDING IN THAT HOME MUST UNDERGO A STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION AND FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FINGERPRINT REVIEW BEFORE THE PERSON MAY BE LICENSED AS A FOSTER PARENT; AND TO PROVIDE THAT A FEE FOR A FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REVIEW MUST BE PAID BY THE INDIVIDUAL.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 20-7-1640. (A) a person applying for licensure as a foster parent and a person eighteen years of age or older, residing in a home in which a person has applied to be licensed as a foster parent, must undergo a state fingerprint review to be conducted by the State Law Enforcement Division to determine any state criminal history and a fingerprinting review to be conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine any other criminal history. No person may be licensed as a foster parent until these fingerprint reviews have been conducted and the results submitted to the Department of Social Services.
(B) Any fee charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the fingerprint review must be paid by the individual."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.