SACRAMENTO – Assemblyman Paul Cook’s (R- Yucca Valley) AB 1928 passed the Senate yesterday. This bill fixes a growing problem in the district where highly trained foster parents were being disqualified from caring for chronically sick foster children because of the way a regulation dealing with capacity limits was interpreted.
AB 1928 was introduced after Yucaipa resident Craig Hampton contacted Cook about the issue. Hampton and his wife Renee are foster parents trained to care for these “medically fragile” children but were temporarily disqualified because they had two biological children living at home. The problem stemmed from a misinterpreted regulation which tried to limit the number of chronically ill children in a foster home to two, but left out the word “foster” before “child” thus leading to confusion. Because of the lack of clarity in the regulation, many counties prevented foster parents from taking on medically fragile children even though they were qualified and able.
Cook explained, “This is why I introduced AB 1928: it clarifies the intent of child capacity regulations when working with chronically ill foster children so parents are not penalized for having children of their own. It would also prevent other cities and counties from making the same mistake when interpreting the law.”
Hampton said, “In California there are hundreds of homes that quietly provide quality loving care of medically fragile foster children, who would otherwise remain in hospitals or worse. Many of these homes, including ours, were excluded from caring for these children because we have children of our own. Because of this bill, millions of tax dollars will be saved. Children with medical issues will be released from hospitals and into loving family environments.”
Said Cook, “Now it seems as though counties and cities have learned of the misinterpretation through the introduction of my bill. Some have already started to update their procedures and have allowed Craig, and I hope many others, to accept new foster children into their homes. I can’t tell you how happy I am to already see the positive impact this bill has had on the lives of my Californians.”
AB 1928 now moves to the Governor’s desk for his signature.
Assemblyman Paul Cook represents the Inland Empire, including portions of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.
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Cook is out of step with both California and the Legistlature, just a recent sampling of this NAY votes, totally out of step…
Date Bill No. Bill Title Outcome Vote
June 15, 2012 AB 1464 Authorizes State Budget Concurrence Vote Passed – House
(50 – 28) Nay
May 31, 2012 AB 1436 Authorizes Same-Day Voter Registration Bill Passed – House
(47 – 26) Nay
May 31, 2012 AB 2312 Regulates Marijuana Dispensaries Bill Passed – House
(41 – 30) Nay
May 30, 2012 AB 1450 Prohibits Discrimination Against Unemployed Workers Bill Passed – House
(51 – 26) Nay
May 3, 2012 AB 1527 Prohibits Public Display of Unloaded Rifles Bill Passed – House
(44 – 29) Nay
April 30, 2012 AB 1960 Requires the Department of Transportation to Include Sexual Orientation Reported by Business Owners Bill Passed – House
(48 – 25) Nay
April 26, 2012 AB 2405 Expands Access to High-Occupancy Toll Lanes Bill Passed – House
(49 – 25) Nay
April 12, 2012 AB 2127 Authorizes Work Release Credit for Offenders Bill Passed – House
(48 – 24) Did Not Vote
March 22, 2012 AJR 22 Requests a Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United Joint Resolution Passed – House
(48 – 22) Nay
Feb. 2, 2012 SB 95 Increase State’s Ability to Borrow Bill Passed – House
(54 – 17) Did Not Vote
Jan. 31, 2012 AB 1148 Requires Political Advertisements to Disclose Funding Sources Bill Failed – House
(52 – 26) Nay
Jan. 30, 2012 AB 327 Amends Three Strikes Law Bill Failed – House
(33 – 35) Nay
Sept. 9, 2011 AB 101 Allows Family Child Care Providers to Organize Concurrence Vote Passed – House
(51 – 27) Nay
Sept. 9, 2011 SB 202 Limiting Ballot Initiatives to the General Election Bill Passed – House
(45 – 30) Nay
Sept. 9, 2011 SB 922 Project Labor Agreements Bill Passed – House
(52 – 27) Nay
AnotherPowerGrab, can you actually address the post? Your kind of like a misfit at a superbowl party that talks about the salad bowl. Everyone’s looking at each other and wondering who invited you?
Do you think his bill is a good or bad?