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SOCIAL SERVICES Programs and Protection for Children and Youth: Provide for Fingerprint Records Check and Preliminary Records Check for Foster Parents; Provide for Powers of the Department of Human Resources Regarding Programs for Children

The Act provides for compensation to agencies which recruit, educate, or train potential adoptive or foster parents. The Act also provides that only a preliminary records check determination is required before a licensed child-placing agency may place a child in a foster care home, while a satisfactory fingerprint records check

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CRIMES AND OFFENSES Crimes Against the Person: Provide for the Criminal Offense of Offering to Assist in the Commission of Suicide and Committing an Act in Furtherance Thereof

The Act provides criminal penalties for those who offer or hold themselves out to assist another person in the commission of suicide and commit an act in furtherance thereof. The Act also provides criminal penalties for anyone who overcomes the will of another person and thereby causes that person to

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DOMESTIC RELATIONS Alimony and Child Support Generally: Provide for Accident and Sickness Insurance Coverage for Children

The Act provides for a mechanism for the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Medical Assistance, or a custodial parent to require a support-paying parent's employer to obtain court-ordered accident and sickness insurance on behalf of the parent's child. The Act provides for criminal and

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT Urban Redevelopment: Allow County or Municipality to Offset Payment in Condemnation Proceedings by Amount of Existing Municipal or County Tax Liens, Including Special Assessment Tax Liens

The Act permits counties and local municipalities to offset the price they would normally pay for property condemned in an eminent domain proceeding by the amount of any existing special assessment tax liens on the property. The purpose of the Act is to encourage urban development by allowing municipal or

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CRIMES AND OFFENSES Offenses Against Health and Morals: Provide Felony Penalties for Soliciting, Engaging in, Contracting with, Conspiring with, Encouraging, Abetting, or Directing a Minor to Commit a Violent Felony

The Act prohibits a person from knowingly and willfully soliciting, engaging in, contracting with, conspiring with, encouraging, abetting, or directing a minor to commit a crime which is a felony and is violent in nature. Additionally, the Act prohibits a person from knowingly or willfully providing a weapon to a

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CRIMES AND OFFENSES Offenses Involving Theft: Provide for Presumption of Intent to Convert Rented or Leased Personal Property After a Certain Term; Change Venue Requirements

The Act creates a presumption of intent to convert rented or leased personal property if the renter or lessee, upon formal request by the owner, does not return the property within a specified period of time. Additionally, the Act changes the venue requirements by providing for venue in the county

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