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SF 85Died when the session ended · March 5, 2019

Establishing an interim study committee relating to child welfare

Topics:Health careFamilies & human services

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2019
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2019
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill requests the legislative council to establish an interim study committee for the 2019 legislative interim. The bill requires the study committee to comprehensively evaluate the child abuse reporting, investigation, and assessment process; the education and training of foster parents and adoptive parents; the grounds for termination of parental rights in relation to child abuse and neglect; the roles and relationship between the judicial branch, juvenile court officers, schools, and the department of human services in relation to child abuse; and the outsourcing of services provided by the department of human services in relation to the child welfare system.

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The bill provides that the committee shall solicit and receive information from agencies and entities including but not limited to the department of human services; the judicial branch; the department of education; the recruitment, retention and training, and support contractors; law enforcement agencies; and a nonprofit adoption agency. The bill requires the committee to submit a report, including findings and recommendations, to the governor and general assembly by December 21, 2019.

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Senate subcommittee

Named January 29, 2019. On March 5, 2019 it recommended amendment and passage.

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Lobbying

5 for · 0 against · 15 undecided · Who →

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