Sec. 1. If the department temporarily places a child with:

(1) an unlicensed kinship caregiver; or

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(2) a de facto custodian;

the department may not remove the child from the home of the unlicensed kinship caregiver or de facto custodian solely on the basis of the unlicensed kinship caregiver or de facto custodian having filed a petition to adopt the child.

As added by P.L.244-2023, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.46-2024, SEC.15.