BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

HB 2218: Extended foster care

Providing extended foster care services to youth ages 18 to 21.

Summary

Removes the eligibility criteria for participation in extended foster care and allows anyone who is dependent at age 18 to receive extended foster care until withdrawing their agreement to participate.
Requires that the court continue a dependency proceeding for any youth who is dependent at age 18 until the youth turns 21 or withdraws their agreement to participate in extended foster care.
Allows a youth to sign a voluntary placement agreement to participate in extended foster care before turning age 18, which takes effect on the person's eighteenth birthday.
Requires Department of Children, Youth, and Families to ensure that dependent youth age 15 and older are informed of the extended foster care program.
Expands extended foster care services to include a supervised independent living subsidy consisting of a foster care maintenance payment and housing subsidy.

From the House Bill Analysis 2024 (HB 2218), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the provision of extended foster care services to youth ages 18 to 21;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 2218 (2025–26) Workers' comp. medical care · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2218 (2019–20) Cottage food sales cap · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2218 (2017–18) Econ. revital. board members · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2218 (2015–16) State expenditure limit · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2218 (2013–14) Lake & beach mgmt districts · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2218 (2011–12) Service contracts · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2218 (2009–10) Property tax relief · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2218 (2007–08) Eminent domain · Did not pass · died in committee