A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT requiring county departments of social services to develop policies on how to address the issue of foster parents who smoke.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Division of Child Development of the Department of Health and Human Services shall direct that each county department of social services establish a policy regarding how the county department of social services will address the issue of placing a child with a foster parent who smokes. Each county department of social services shall submit a copy of the policy to the Division of Child Development within one year from the effective date of this act. For purposes of this section, the term "smoke" shall have the same meaning as defined in G.S. 143‑596(5).
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.