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This bill, the Foster Care Placement Transparency Act, aims to require states to measure and publicly report on the use of "hidden foster care arrangements." These arrangements involve the separation of a child from their parents or primary caregivers during a child protective services (CPS) investigation, without the state taking responsibility for the child's care or placement through a court order or court oversight. The bill requires states to report data on the number of children in these arrangements, how they end, the types of allegations that lead to them, and the services provided to the new caregivers. The Secretary of Health and Human Services is then required to submit an annual report to Congress summarizing this state-reported data to provide a national picture of the prevalence and nature of hidden foster care arrangements.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/5214/all-info