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May 8, 2007
 Ohio State House Passes Bill (HB 214) on Increased Foster Caregiver Training
On May 8, 2007, Ohio State Representative Jeff Wagner introduced a bill to increase prospective family foster caregivers' training hours from 24 to 36. Also, a foster caregiver could fulfill up to 20% of the required 40 hours of continuing training required in the first two years by teaching a training course to other foster caregivers. The bill also coordinates the child care system with county boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities (MRDD). If a child receiving special services from one county's MRDD board, that board must notify the MRDD
board of the new county in which the child is placed.
This bill informally passed in the house on
September 18, 2007 and will come up for official vote on October 2, 2007.
It is expected to pass. The state senate passed a similar bill (SB 164)
addressing training hours for foster parents. Both of these bills were
spurred by the August 2006 death of a developmentally disabled boy at the
hands of his foster parents.
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