SB 6560-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Requires the department of children, youth, and families and the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs to jointly develop a plan to ensure that, by December 31, 2020, no unaccompanied youth is discharged from a publicly funded system of care into homelessness.

Defines "publicly funded system of care" as the child welfare system, the behavioral health system, the juvenile justice system, and programs administered by the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs.

Requires the department of licensing to issue an identicard, at the cost of production, to the following: (1) An individual who is scheduled to be released from an institution, a community facility, or other juvenile rehabilitation facility operated by the department of social and health services or the department of children, youth, and families; or

(2) An individual who has been released from the institution or facility within thirty calendar days before the date of the application.