A bill for an act relating to aid, processes, and services for children in, adopted from, or in need of foster care.(See HF 873.)

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This bill changes how children can be placed in foster care and how foster parents are reimbursed. It allows courts to place children in foster care if they have serious mental health or substance abuse issues that their parents cannot or will not treat. The bill also changes how foster parent reimbursement rates are set and removes a previous limit based on USDA estimates. Finally, it allows the state to pay up to $2,000 for adoption investigations before the adoption is finalized.

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