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• Introduced by Rep. Dudley Spade (D) on February 24, 2009, to give foster parents the authority to allow routine, nonemergency, non-surgery medical procedures for foster children.
  • Referred to the House Family and Childrens Services Committee on February 24, 2009.
    • Reported in the House on March 25, 2009, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on March 26, 2009, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on March 26, 2009.
• Passed 109 to 0 in the House on March 26, 2009.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on March 31, 2009.
  • Referred to the Senate Families and Human Services Committee on March 31, 2009.