Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Section 13

Deletes the proposed repeal of the entirety of GS 7B-904(d), which grants a court authority at the dispositional hearing or a subsequent hearing to order a parent, upon finding the parent is able, to pay reasonable child care costs to support the juvenile when legal custody of the juvenile is vested in someone other than the parent, with costs borne upon the department with custody if the parent is unable to pay. Instead, amends GS 7B-904(d) to eliminate a court's authority at the dispositional hearing or a subsequent hearing to order a parent, who the court has found able, to pay a reasonable sum to support a juvenile that has been adjudicated as abused, neglected, or dependent for whom legal custody is vested in someone other than the juvenile's parent. Now directs the county department of social services in whose custody the juvenile is placed to pay the cost of the support of the juvenile in all instances in which legal custody of the juvenile is vested in someone other than the juvenile's parent.

Adds the following new content.

Section 19

Amends GS 50-13.10 to specify that a child support payment or the relevant portion thereof is not past due and no arrearage accrues for foster care assistance owed to the State by the supporting party during any period when the child is placed in foster care.

Enacts GS 110-135.1 to require the following upon motion by either party and a showing that the child has been placed in foster care: (1) suspension of the obligor's child support obligation, if owed to the State, during any period when the child is placed in the custody of a county department of social services and (2) reduction of any foster care assistance arrears owed to the State for past paid foster care assistance to zero. Specifies that the statute does not create a debt owed to the obligor.

Applies to cases, motions, or petitions filed or pending on or after the date the act becomes law. 

Section 20

Makes technical and clarifying changes to the effective date provisions of the act.