Alaska · 34th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 36: An Act relating to treatment foster homes; relating to the placement of foster children in hospitals and residential psychiatric treatment centers for psychiatric care; relating to the duties of the Department of Family and Community Services; relating to the care of children in state custody placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities outside the state; amending Rule 12.1(b), Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules of Procedure; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted Last action July 3, 2026: (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

Plain-language summary

HB 36 is a bill introduced in the Alaska House on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act relating to treatment foster homes; relating to the placement of foster children in hospitals and residential psychiatric treatment centers for psychiatric care; relating to the duties of the Department of Family and Community Services; relating to the care of children in state custody placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities outside the state; amending Rule 12.1(b), Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules of Procedure; and providing for an effective date. Primary sponsor: Andrew Gray (Democratic). It lists 24 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 3, 2026): (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Andrew Gray (Democratic). 24 co-sponsors.