Bill > HB2350

This bill requires the Tennessee Department of Children's Services (DCS) to provide a copy of a petition to terminate parental rights to a child's foster parent if that foster parent has been the child's physical placement for at least nine consecutive months, and this child is in DCS's custody. The DCS must deliver this petition copy within seven days of it being filed or the department being served with it. Additionally, the bill mandates that DCS provide foster parents with all relevant information about a child's background and health history on an ongoing basis, and that foster parents must keep any confidential information, including termination of parental rights petitions, private unless it's necessary to protect the child's well-being. This change aims to ensure foster parents are better informed about significant legal proceedings affecting the children in their care.