Laws & Policy

We implement policy advocacy at the federal, state, and local levels. Our work includes policy development, lobbying, coalition building, and community organizing.

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Foster Youth Education Success Program (2017)

HB 2665

This law established Arizona's Foster Youth Education Success Fund and expands NCYL's FosterEd: Arizona program.
Inactive

Oversight of County Mental Health Services for Foster Youth (2016)

SB 1291 (Beall)

This bill strengthed the oversight and accountability of the full range of mental health service delivery, from prevention through crisis, for foster youth.
Enacted

Reproductive Choice and Parental Notification

The California Confidential Health Information Act of 2012 (SB 138)

Allows young people to better be able to take ownership over their own bodies and reproductive decisions.
Enacted

The Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016

Proposition 57

End prosecutors' ability to charge youth as adults without a transfer hearing.
Enacted

Prescriber Oversight Legislation (2016)

SB 1174 (McGuire)

Enables investigations of physicians who frequently prescribe over the recognized safety parameters for children.
Enacted

Decriminalization of Child Sex Trafficking Victims (2016)

SB 1322 (Mitchell)

With the passage of this law, California declared There's No Such Thing as a Child Prostitute.
Enacted

Training and Data Sharing for Public Agencies (2015)

SB 238 (Mitchell)

Creating oversight to ensure the appropriate prescription of psychotropic medications to youth in foster care.
Enacted

Foster Youth Services (2015)

AB 854 (Weber)

Expands Foster Youth Services to more youth in care.
Enacted

Monitoring Group Homes for Excessive Use of Psychotropic Medication (2015)

SB 484 (Beall)

Inadequate oversight in group homes encourages over-reliance on drugs to control traumatized children in foster care. This legislation establishes appropriate treatment protocols and oversight.
Enacted