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CS/HB 7129: Residential Services for Children

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Healthy Families Subcommittee ; Perry

Residential Services for Children; Provides accreditation requirements for boarding schools; authorizes DCF to impose administrative sanctions or civil remedies when residential group care is being provided without license; requires background screening for certain boarding school personnel; requires boarding schools to follow standard school schedules; provides for fines; provides for appropriations from general revenue funds to DOH for certain health programs benefiting children; limits duty of officer or employee of law enforcement agency to provide notice to DCF of reasonable cause to suspect child abuse; limits duty of Central Abuse Hotline to electronically transfer certain calls & reports to county sheriff's office. APPROPRIATION: $3,450,000

Effective Date: 7/1/2013
Last Action: 5/13/2014 House - Line Item Veto message transmitted to Secretary of State
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/25/2013 House • Filed
3/27/2013 House • Introduced -HJ 348
3/28/2013 House • Referred to Education Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 370
4/5/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Education Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/09/13, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
4/9/2013 House • Favorable by Education Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 453
• Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 453
4/12/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 04/16/13, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
4/16/2013 House • CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 686
4/18/2013 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 683
• CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 680
4/19/2013 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/13
4/23/2013 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 712
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/24/2013 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 811
• Amendment(s) failed (667893) -HJ 811
• CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 -HJ 811
4/24/2013 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 586
• Received -SJ 586
5/3/2013 Senate • Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 1116
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 1116
• Substituted for CS/SB 1682 -SJ 1116
• Read 2nd time -SJ 1116, 1117
• Amendment(s) adopted (137184, 813982, 966282) -SJ 1117
• Amendment(s) failed (880764) -SJ 1117
• Read 3rd time -SJ 1118
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 1118
5/3/2013 House • In returning messages
• Concurred in 2 amendment(s) (813982, 966282) -HJ 1279
• Refused to concur in 1 amendment(s) (137184) -HJ 1279
• Requested Senate to recede -HJ 1279
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 110 NAYS 6 -HJ 1280
5/3/2013 Senate • In returning messages
• Receded from 1 amendment(s) (137184) -SJ 1399
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 1399
5/3/2013 House • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1470
6/3/2013 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/14/2013 • Governor vetoed specific Line Item(s)
• Approved by Governor
6/17/2013 • Chapter No. 2013-219
3/4/2014 House • Line Item Veto Message received (2014 Regular Session) -HJ 9
5/13/2014 House • Line Item Veto message transmitted to Secretary of State