A bipartisan group of state lawmakers will meet over the summer to craft legislation aimed at overhauling the state’s adoption and foster care system.
Republican House Speaker Jeff Hoover appointed the committee on Wednesday. It will be led by Democratic state Representative Joni Jenkins of Louisville and House Republican caucus chairman David Meade of Stanford.
Specifically, the committee will be looking at how to shorten the adoption process and make it less expensive.
Kentucky has about 8,000 children in out-of-home care. Republican Governor Matt Bevin, who along with his wife adopted four children from Ethiopia, has made it a priority of his administration to overhaul the state’s adoption and foster care system. He said he plans to hire an adoption “czar” that can study the system and recommend changes.
Source: AP
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