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Ohio Legislature Votes to Restrict Records on Foster Parents

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The Ohio Legislature has passed a bill that restricts public access to information on foster parents licensed by the state. The non- disclosure provisions are part of a bill designed to improve training and mentoring of foster parents after the death of a three-year-old was bound and left in a closet by his foster parents. “The legislative solution is to add more secrecy,” said Frank Deaner, executive director of the Ohio Newspaper Association. (2/7/08)

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