Provides for notification to the state when a foster home is decertified, not renewed or a child is removed; requires evaluation to determine if certificate should be issued and the home be re-opened. / Sponsor: DILAN Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Relates to educating children on the harms of electronically sending and posting certain images of themselves. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Allows a person acting as de facto parent to apply to the supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus to have a minor child brought before the court. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Enacts provisions relating to the reporting of child abuse; delineates what persons are required to report cases of suspected child abuse to law enforcement agencies; any person required to report or any clergy required to review records who willfully fails to do so shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor for the first offense, a class E felony for the second offense and a class D felony for the third offense or any subsequent offense; provides immunity for certain persons who in good faith made such reports to the wrong recipient. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Requires mandatory jail time of no less than thirty days for repeat violators of orders of protection. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Establishes the peer advocacy and mentoring program; provides peer support, advocacy and mentoring for youth in residential care. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Establishes the presumption in matrimonial proceedings for awarding shared parenting of minor children in the absence of an allegation that shared parenting would be detrimental to the best interests of the child; establishes an order of preference in awarding custody; defines shared parenting and parenting plan. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Requires police agencies to report semi-annually on missing children and persons incidents; authorizes a personal income tax check-off for missing children and persons related activities and requires the missing and exploited children and persons clearinghouse to also report to the governor and legislature on reported cases of missing children and persons; adds persons other than children to these provisions. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Requires a parent or other person legally responsible for a minor and the law guardian appointed pursuant to law to be present during questioning by a peace or police officer. / Sponsor: BRESLIN Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Provides for the establishment of kinship guardianships for kinship foster parent; establishes the guardianship after a hearing and determination upon a petition filed by the kinship foster parent; provides that establishment of such guardianship does not affect or impair the natural parents visitation rights. / Sponsor: ROBACH Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Establishes a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills training to youth who have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents or juvenile offenders residing in a facility overseen by the office of children and family services. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Relates to mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment at summer day camps; includes college coaches, athletic directors, professors, graduate assistants and college presidents among those required to report such suspected abuse or maltreatment. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Establishes the youth in progress advisory board and regional teams for adolescents in foster care to provide mentorship of youths in foster care; requires reporting. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Requires certain persons and officials required to report suspected child abuse and maltreatment to complete ongoing training; further all teachers, school superintendents and licensed professionals who are required to report cases of child abuse and maltreatment to complete training in the reporting of suspected cases of child abuse and maltreatment at least once every 2 years. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Directs the superintendent of state police to develop and institute child-sensitive arrest policies and procedures for instances where police are arresting an individual who is a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Requires day care providers to escrow security deposits in excess of the value of two weeks of provided services. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Requires nursery school operators providing service to more than three preschool children of 5 years of age or less for three hours or less per day per child for 3 or more days per week to file with the office of children and family services; requires nursery schools to fingerprint applicants for the purpose of a search of criminal history records of the division of criminal justice services. / Sponsor: MARCELLINO Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Provides that the time period in which an adult receives cash assistance in the safety net assistance program that was not funded in whole or in part by the temporary assistance to needy families block grant program shall not be included in certain cumulative periods. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Relates to school placement for homeless children. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Provides that the return of a child who has been in the care and custody of a social services official for a period of six months or more without visitation by the parent, parents or guardian shall be returned to the care and custody of the parent, parents or guardian pursuant to a transition plan. / Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES