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| To create the Ohio Foster Care Oversight Committee to | 1 |
| produce recommendations relating to the reform of | 2 |
| Ohio's foster care system. | 3 |
| Section 1. (A) There is hereby created the Ohio Foster Care | 4 |
| Oversight Committee, which shall focus on reforming Ohio's foster | 5 |
| care system. | 6 |
| (B)(1) The Committee shall consist of four members of the | 7 |
| general assembly and other professionals or interested parties. | 8 |
| The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint two | 9 |
| members of the House of Representatives, not more than one of whom | 10 |
| is a member of the same political party, and the President of the | 11 |
| Senate shall appoint two members of the Senate, not more than one | 12 |
| of whom is a member of the same political party. The Speaker of | 13 |
| the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate shall | 14 |
| appoint the general assembly members not later than thirty days | 15 |
| after the effective date of this act. | 16 |
| (2) The general assembly members appointed under division | 17 |
| (B)(1) of this section shall appoint, by majority vote, other | 18 |
| professionals or interested parties to the Committee not later | 19 |
| than thirty days after being appointed to the Committee by the | 20 |
| Speaker of the House of Representatives or President of the | 21 |
| Senate. | 22 |
| (3) The Committee shall elect a chairperson from among its | 23 |
| members. | 24 |
| (4) A simple majority of the members of the Committee | 25 |
| constitutes a quorum, and the Committee may then take official | 26 |
| action on the business of the Committee. | 27 |
| (5) Members of the Committee shall not be compensated. | 28 |
| (C) The Committee shall do all of the following: | 29 |
| (1) Meet at the call of its chairperson, and as often as | 30 |
| necessary, to carry out its official duties; | 31 |
| (2) Establish the goals and policies of the Committee, which | 32 |
| shall include making recommendations related to reforming Ohio's | 33 |
| foster care system; | 34 |
| (3) Not later than one year and two months after the | 35 |
| effective date of this act, submit a report to the general | 36 |
| assembly, Governor, and other relevant entities, that summarizes | 37 |
| the recommendations of the Committee related to reforming Ohio's | 38 |
| foster care system. | 39 |
| (D) The Department of Job and Family Services shall provide | 40 |
| any meeting space and clerical assistance the committee requires. | 41 |
| (E) Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not | 42 |
| apply to the Committee, and the Committee shall cease to exist | 43 |
| upon submission of the report under division (C)(3) of this | 44 |
| section. | 45 |