AN ACT relating to child welfare.

Amend KRS 199.462 to prohibit an individual from being approved to provide foster care or relative caregiver services to a child, be considered a fictive kin placement for a child, or to receive a child for adoption if the individual or an adult or minor child living in the individual's home has been directed by a court to complete or attend sex offender treatment.

Introduced: February 2, 2026

Last action: February 9, 2026

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This bill would prevent a person from being approved as a foster parent, relative caregiver, fictive kin placement, or adoptive parent if they or anyone living in their home has been ordered by a court to complete sex offender treatment. It updates existing Kentucky law on who is eligible to care for children in these placement situations. Who it may affect: children in the foster care and adoption system, prospective foster and adoptive parents, and relative or kinship caregivers.

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