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SB 2288: Child Welfare [SPSC]

GENERAL BILL by Storms

Child Welfare [SPSC]; Adds family-centered practice to the principles upon which the child protection system should be based. Requires the DCFS to permanently keep all records of child abuse, abandonment, and neglect which relate to services provided to the child. Provides for a safety assessment as part of child protective investigations. Revises provisions relating to an injunction to protect a child. Requires the petition to be verified, etc.

Effective Date: 07/01/2009
Last Action: 5/2/2009 Senate - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 381 (Ch. 2009-43), CS/CS/SB 126 (Ch. 2009-34)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/26/2009 Senate • Filed
3/10/2009 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Criminal Justice; Health and Human Services Appropriations; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means -SJ 00181
3/19/2009 Senate • Introduced -SJ 00181
5/2/2009 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 381 (Ch. 2009-43), CS/CS/SB 126 (Ch. 2009-34)