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 03/19/26 - Amended Assembly
 02/20/26 - Introduced

 AB-2684 Juveniles: nonminor dependents: out-of-state placement: visitation.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 05/19/2026 09:00 PM

AB2684:v96#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 May 19, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 15, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 19, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 2684

Introduced by Assembly Member Nguyen

February 20, 2026

 An act to add Section 16516.7 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2684, as amended, Nguyen.
 Juveniles: nonminor dependents: out-of-state placement: visitation.

Existing law requires monthly visits by a county social worker or county probation officer to foster children, as specified. Existing law requires the monthly visit to include a private discussion between the social worker or probation officer and the foster child, and prohibits the contents of the private discussions from being disclosed to the foster parent or caregiver or group home staff, except as specified.

This bill would authorize a social worker or probation officer to allow nonminor dependents who are placed out of state the option to have their monthly visit through a virtual visit, as defined. The bill would require informed consent from the nonminor dependent and documentation in the case plan. The bill would require the virtual visit to include a private discussion between the nonminor dependent and the social worker or probation
 officer, and would prohibit the contents of the private discussion from being disclosed to a foster parent or caregiver, except as specified. The bill would authorize a nonminor dependent to request an in-person visit and would authorize the social worker or probation officer to shift the virtual visit to an in-person visit. The bill would require the social worker or probation officer to, at minimum, conduct an in-person visit with the nonminor dependent on a quarterly basis. By imposing additional duties on county social workers and county probation officers, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The bill would require, no later than July 1, 2027, the State Department of Social Services to convene a working group to develop guidelines for county placing agencies and attorneys representing nonminor dependents related to engaging and supporting nonminor dependents who are placed out of state, as specified. The bill would require, no later than July
 1, 2027, and contingent upon an appropriation for this purpose, the department to convene stakeholders, as specified, to develop best practices in casework practices to support and promote the healthy adult development of nonminor dependents. The bill would require the department to utilize that input to develop and deliver training, and possibly other means of support, for county placing agencies.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill
 contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 YES 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 16516.7 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:

16516.7.

 (a) (1) A social worker or probation officer shall allow nonminor dependents who are placed out of state the option to have their monthly visit through a virtual visit. A “virtual visit” means a real-time audiovisual interaction between the social worker or probation officer and the nonminor dependent.

(2) A virtual visit may occur if the nonminor dependent provides informed consent to meet with the social worker or pro