{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-1506.6","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 1506.6","heading":"","body":"(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that public and private efforts to recruit foster parents not be competitive and that the total number of foster parents be increased.\n(b) A foster family agency shall not certify a family home that is licensed by the department or a county. A licensed foster family home shall forfeit its license, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1524, concurrent with final certification by the foster family agency. The department or a county shall not license a family home that is certified by a foster family agency. A certified family home shall forfeit its certificate concurrent with final licensing by the department or a county.\n(c) (1) A licensed foster family home shall forfeit its license, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1524, concurrent with resource family approval by a foster family agency or a county.\n(2) A certified family home shall forfeit its certificate of approval concurrent with resource family approval by a foster family agency, pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 1517, or a county.\n(3) A resource family approved pursuant to Section 1517 shall forfeit its approval concurrent with resource family approval by another foster family agency or a county.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","CHAPTER 3. California Community Care Facilities Act [1500. - 1567.94.]","ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [1500. - 1518.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"da9de1e1b4d450ff6858e92bbe2ea6007cd4254df2635752c59c21c3eea447f1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-1506.5","next":"us-ca/hsc-1506.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}