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Placement Transition Plans for Children

It became law on May 28, 2025.

CO HB 25-1097 · House Bill · 2025A

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Became law
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Sponsors
+31
Latest action
May 28, 2025

What it does

Beginning July 1, 2026, absent an emergency placement change, the act requires a county or district department of human or social services (county department) child welfare caseworker (caseworker) to create an individualized placement transition plan (plan) for a child any time the child is moved from one placement in a foster care home, kinship foster care home, or non-certified kinship care home (placement) to another or back to the child's home. The plan must prioritize the mental, emotional, and physical needs of the child while considering the needs of the parents, current providers, and future providers as the needs of the parents, current providers, and future providers relate to the…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

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    May 28, 2025

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