SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2566

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Kurth moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment 

14         On page 7, between lines 28 and 29,

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16  insert:

17         (d)  Each fiscal year the secretary shall, in

18  consultation with the relevant employee representatives,

19  develop projections of the number of child abuse and neglect

20  cases and shall include in the department's legislative budget

21  request a specific appropriation for funds and positions for

22  the next fiscal year in order to provide an adequate number of

23  full-time equivalent:

24         1.  Child protection investigation workers so that

25  caseloads do not exceed the Child Welfare League Standards by

26  more than two cases; and

27         2.  Child protection case workers so that caseloads do

28  not exceed the Child Welfare League Standard by more than two

29  cases.

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