There is hereby established the Foster Family Home and Small Family Home Insurance Fund within the State Department of Social Services. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated by the Legislature. The department may contract with another state agency to set up and operate the fund and perform other administrative functions that may be necessary to carry out the intentions of this article. The purpose of the fund is to pay, on behalf of foster family homes and small family homes, as defined in Section 1502, on or after January 1, 2019, resource families, as defined in § 16519.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and, on or after January 1, 2020, tribally approved homes, claims of foster children, their parents, guardians, or guardians ad litem resulting from occurrences peculiar to the foster care relationship and the provision of foster care services. The fund may sue and be sued.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 777, Sec. 8. (AB 819) Effective January 1, 2020.)

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1527.1

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • Foster family home: means any residential facility providing 24-hour care for six or fewer foster children that is owned, leased, or rented and is the residence of the foster parent or parents, including their family, in whose care the foster children have been placed. See California Health and Safety Code 1502
  • Small family home: means any residential facility, in the licensee's family residence, that provides 24-hour care for six or fewer foster children who have mental disorders or developmental or physical disabilities and who require special care and supervision as a result of their disabilities. See California Health and Safety Code 1502
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
  • state department: means the State Department of Social Services. See California Health and Safety Code 1502
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