South Carolina H4302

TO REQUIRE THAT CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE WHO ARE PLACED IN RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES BE ASSIGNED TO SEX-SPECIFIC FACILITIES BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S ANATOMICAL SEX AT BIRTH AS RECOGNIZED ON THEIR ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

(A) Any residential facility that receives state funding shall assign youth to housing units, sleeping quarters, and other sex-specific facilities based strictly upon the individual's anatomical sex at birth as recognized on their original birth certificate.

(C) Any residential facility found to be in violation of this section is ineligible for state funding for a period of no less than one fiscal year following the determination of noncompliance.

(E) For the purposes of this section, "residential facility" means a group home, residential treatment center, or other facility that, pursuant to a contract with or a license or permit issued by the department, provides residential services to children in the custody of the department. This includes, but is not limited to, child caring institutions, emergency shelters, group homes, wilderness therapeutic camps, and organizations with supervised individual living facilities.