Bill > AB1270

This bill makes a minor technical amendment to existing California law regarding foster care and sibling placement by slightly modifying the language of Section 16005 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. Specifically, the bill adjusts the circumstances under which siblings can be assigned to the same social worker when a prospective adoptive family intends to adopt them together. The change adds a comma between "child" and "the siblings" in the existing provision, which allows an exception to the same-social-worker assignment if the local agency determines that such an assignment would not be in the best interest of the child, the siblings, or the county office's operations. While the bill is described as making a "technical, nonsubstantive change," the minor linguistic adjustment could potentially provide slightly more flexibility for local agencies in making social worker assignments for sibling groups in the foster care system.

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