Establishing an interim study committee relating to child welfare

Topics:Health care Families & human services

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2021
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2021
Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: House committee
Next: Passes the House
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, 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 2021 legislative interim. 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; recruitment, retention, 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, 2021.

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Senate subcommittee

Named January 12, 2021. On February 2, 2021 it recommended indefinite postponement.

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Lobbying

7 for · 0 against · 8 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

SF 85Cleared committee88th GA

89th General Assembly

SF 3Cleared committee

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Tried before

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SF 85 Establishing an interim study committee relating to child welfare
88th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same title
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