HB473
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to prohibit housing a child in foster care in vehicles, state offices, hotels, motels, or short-term rentals except in emergency situations not exceeding 24 hours; require a child in foster care to be placed in kinship care placements, fictive kin placements, licensed foster family homes, or licensed child-caring facilities; prohibit moving a child in foster care more than 2 times per year unless extenuating circumstances necessitate the…
Introduced: January 22, 2026
Last action: January 30, 2026
Plain-language summary
This bill sets new rules for where and how often children in foster care can be placed, requiring them to be housed in approved family or facility settings rather than vehicles, hotels, or government offices except in short-term emergencies. It also limits foster children to no more than two placement moves per year, with written explanations required when moves exceed that limit. A state review board would be required to track and report on children…
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