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HB No.	SB No.	Title	Description
HB 2506	SB 2847	Relating to Prospective Adoptive Parents	Requires "prospective adoptive parents" to have criminal history record checks. Authorizes the contracting for home studies.
HB 2507	SB 2848	Relating to the Permanent Plan Hearing	Allows the court to waive the approval of the child, age 14 and above, to a permanent plan, if it is in the best interest of the child to do so.
HB 2508	SB 2849	Relating to Review Hearings	Defines when the department begins to count the time that a child has been in agency care.
HB 2509	SB 2850	Relating to Kinship Care	Defines "kinship care." Authorizes the Department to develop standards for kinship care apart from other foster care standards.
HB 2510	SB 2851	Relating to Foster Board Allowances	Allows the payment of foster board allowances directly to an accredited institution of high learning.
HB 2511	SB 2852	Relating to Long-Term Care	Provide flexibility in utilizing current permanent civil service personnel and/or exempt personnel to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the Adult and Community Care Services Branch within Social Services Division of the department.
HB 2512	SB 2853	Relating to Financial Assistance Payments	Allows for the adjustment of financial assistance payments to encourage and support employment.
HB 2513	SB 2854	Relating to Unclaimed Corpses	Allows the department to authorize cremation of unclaimed corpses.
HB 2514	SB 2855	Relating to Public Assistance	Clarifies the interests of the department in the estates of deceased recipients and sets forth procedures for asserting claims.
HB 2515	SB 2856	Relating to Public Assistance	Removes the provisions regarding the annual update of the actual amount of an agreement or lien recorded in the bureau of conveyances. Clarifies that the department may initiate probate proceedings.
HB 2516	SB 2857	Relating to Public Assistance	Clarifies that when the department in third-party liability situations prosecutes its own claims, or intervenes or joins in any action, or actively participates with a claimant or claimant's attorney in the prosecution of claims, it shall be allowed to recover its attorney fees and costs.
HB 2517	SB 2858	Making An Emergency Appropriation for the State Medical Assistance Program	Appropriates emergency funds for the medical assistance program to reimburse its health care providers for fiscal year 1999-2000.