Senate Bill sb0220

    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 220

    By Senator Wilson





    33-253-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to independent living

  3         transition services; amending s. 409.1451,

  4         F.S.; allowing young adults who are not

  5         eligible for the Road-to-Independence

  6         Scholarship to continue to receive all foster

  7         care services until they reach 21 years of age;

  8         providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Present subsection (9) of section 409.1451,

13  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (10), and a

14  new subsection (9) is added to that section to read:

15         409.1451  Independent living transition services.--

16         (9)  OPTIONAL CONTINUED FOSTER CARE TO AGE 21.--A young

17  adult who is not eligible for the Road-to-Independence

18  Scholarship may choose to remain in foster care and continue

19  to receive all the services of the children's foster care

20  program until the young adult reaches the age of 21 years.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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24                          SENATE SUMMARY

25    Allows a young adult to choose to receive all foster care
      services and remain in the foster care system until the
26    age of 21 if the young adult is not eligible for the
      Road-to-Independence Scholarship.
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