HB4092 SFA #1 Ihlenfeld 3-5

            Senator Ihlenfeld moved to amend the amendment on page thirteen, section one hundred eleven-a, lines sixty-seven through seventy, by striking out all of subsection (k) and inserting in lieu thereof new subsection, designated (k), to read as follows:

 (k) The department shall pay a child placing agency contracted to provide foster family home care a minimum daily rate of at least $75 for services provided to each child in placement.  In addition, the child placing agency will reimburse foster parents at least 40 percent of the minimum daily rate for services provided to each child placed in the foster family home.  Families fostering directly through the department, including certified kinship providers, shall be provided at least $900 per month for each child placed in their home. The rate of payment to foster parents and child placing agencies shall be reviewed by the department, at a minimum of every two years, to determine whether the level of foster care payments facilitate or hinder the efficient placement of foster children with West Virginia families.