Unless there is a kinship placement available, a foster parent shall be considered as a preferred placement option when the foster child who was formerly placed with the foster parent is to be reentered into foster care at the same level and type of care, if that placement is consistent with the best interests of the child and other children in the foster parent's home.

Added by Laws 1997, HB 2133, c. 389, § 14, eff. November 1, 1997.