Youth and Family Committee
Filed: 3/12/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 520
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 520 on page 4, by | ||||||
3 | replacing lines 21 through 25 with the following:
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4 | " (9.1) "Mentally capable adult relative" means a person 21 | ||||||
5 | years of age or older who is not suffering from a mental | ||||||
6 | illness that prevents him or her from providing the care | ||||||
7 | necessary to safeguard the physical safety and welfare of a | ||||||
8 | minor who is left in that person's care by the parent or | ||||||
9 | parents or other person responsible for the minor's welfare. "; | ||||||
10 | and
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11 | on page 5, by replacing lines 23 through 26 with the following: | ||||||
12 | " (12.1) "Physically capable adult relative" means a person | ||||||
13 | 21 years of age or older who does not have a severe physical | ||||||
14 | disability or medical condition, or is not suffering from | ||||||
15 | alcoholism or drug addiction, that prevents him or her from | ||||||
16 | providing the care necessary to safeguard the physical safety | ||||||
17 | and welfare of a minor who is left in that person's care by the |
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1 | parent or parents or other person responsible for the minor's | ||||||
2 | welfare. "; and
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3 | on page 6, by deleting lines 1 and 2; and | ||||||
4 | on page 8, by replacing lines 7 through 10 with the following: | ||||||
5 | "minor's welfare have has left the minor in the care of an | ||||||
6 | adult relative for any period of time , who the parent or | ||||||
7 | parents or other person responsible for the minor's welfare | ||||||
8 | know is both a mentally capable adult relative and physically | ||||||
9 | capable adult relative, as defined by this Act ; or"; and | ||||||
10 | on page 13, by replacing lines 11 through 13 with the | ||||||
11 | following:
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12 | "parent or parents or guardian has left the minor for any | ||||||
13 | period of time in the care of an adult relative , who the parent | ||||||
14 | or parents or guardian know is both a mentally capable adult | ||||||
15 | relative and physically capable adult relative, as defined by | ||||||
16 | this Act .".
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