Social services; foster parents bill of rights; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to programs and protection for children, so as to revise provisions relating to the foster parents bill of rights; to provide for definitions; to provide that such rights include relative caregivers and fictive kin; to provide for the development of administrative procedures; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other pur…

Source: OpenStates · fetched April 10, 2026

• Adoptive or foster parentdirectModerate impactHigh certainty

  The bill revises provisions relating to the foster parents bill of rights, explicitly including relative caregivers and fictive kin within these rights.

  “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to programs and protection for children, so as to revise provisions relating to the foster parents bill of rights”· Title

  “to provide that such rights include relative caregivers and fictive kin”· Title

• Caregiver (family or unpaid)directModerate impactHigh certainty

  The bill expands the definition of those covered by the foster parents bill of rights to include relative caregivers and fictive kin.

  “to provide that such rights include relative caregivers and fictive kin”· Title