By Mr. Atsalis of Barnstable, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1308) of Demetrius J. Atsalis and Cleon H. Turner for legislation to require criminal offender record information checks of foster parents by the Department of Social Services.  The Judiciary.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Demetrius J. Atsalis

Cleon H. Turner

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act to mandate CORI evaluations for foster parents.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, each time a

child is placed in foster care by the department of social services, the department shall

conduct a C.O.R.I. investigation of the foster parents and provide the report to the district

court in which the foster home is located within 30 days of the placement.