HB 1668 - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

     Requires foster parents to complete first aid/CPR and HIV/AIDS training to become licensed.  The cost of this mandatory training is a financial barrier for some people who consider becoming a foster parent.  The department of social and health services shall provide all new and current foster parents with first aid/CPR and HIV/AIDS training.

     Makes an appropriation of one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars from the general fund to the department of social and health services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, to carry out the purposes of this act.