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25th Knesset · outgoing

Foster Care for Children Law (Amendment – Giving Consent to Psychiatric Treatment) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק אומנה לילדים (תיקון - מתן הסכמה לטיפול פסיכיאטרי)

TL;DRThe bill allows foster parents to give consent to psychiatric treatment and treatment with psychiatric medication, but not to psychiatric hospitalization.

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What does the bill do?

The bill changes the Foster Care for Children Law (5776) by adding psychiatric treatment and treatment with psychiatric medication to the matters in which a foster parent is authorized to give consent. By contrast, psychiatric hospitalization will remain among the matters in which a foster parent is not authorized to give consent. The bill distinguishes between outpatient treatment (ongoing treatment at a clinic), which the foster parent will be able to approve, and hospitalization requiring closer supervision, which the foster parent cannot approve. The amendment applies to children in foster care status.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: July 8, 2026

The votes on this bill

Passed8 for · 0 against · 0 abstained · 112 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudFor 1 · Absent 31
ShasFor 3 · Absent 8
Religious ZionismFor 1 · Absent 6
Otzma YehuditFor 1 · Absent 5

Left the coalition 9 seats

NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 2 · Absent 22
Ra'amAbsent 5
LaborAbsent 4

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