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SB 1668: Child Welfare

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Detert ; Lee

Child Welfare; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to conduct specified investigations using critical incident rapid response teams; authorizing access to specified records in the event of the death of a child which was reported to the department’s child abuse hotline; requiring the department to make a reasonable effort to keep siblings together when they are placed in out-of-home care under certain circumstances; requiring a petition for the termination of parental rights to be signed under oath stating the petitioner’s good faith in filing the petition, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2014
 Last Action: 5/2/2014 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 977 (Ch. 2014-166), CS/CS/HB 7141 (Ch. 2014-161), CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  2. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/12/2014 Senate • SPB 7074 submitted as a committee bill (SB 1668) by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    • Filed
    3/14/2014 Senate • Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 245
    3/17/2014 Senate • Introduced -SJ 245
    3/28/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 04/02/14, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
    5/2/2014 Senate • Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 977 (Ch. 2014-166), CS/CS/HB 7141 (Ch. 2014-161), CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224)

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  • SB 1668, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/12/2014 at 5:27 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 3/12/2014 (pdf)
    Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) 4/1/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (9)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 977 (er) Motor Vehicle Insurance & Driver Education for Children in Care Albritton Compare Last Action: 6/19/2014 Chapter No. 2014-166, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224)
    Location: Became Law     		Track This Bill
    H 1221 Protection of Children Danish Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in Healthy Families Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224)
    Location: In committee/council (HFS)     		Track This Bill
    H 1345 Nonrelative Caregivers Peters Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in Healthy Families Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224)
    Location: In committee/council (HFS)     		Track This Bill
    H 7141 (er) Human Trafficking Healthy Families Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 6/17/2014 Chapter No. 2014-161, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224)
    Location: Became Law     		Track This Bill
    H 7169 (c1) Child Protection and Child Welfare Services Healthy Families Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died pending review of CS, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224), CS/HB 977 (Ch. 2014-166), CS/CS/HB 7141 (Ch. 2014-161)
    Location: Pending Reference Review     		Track This Bill
    S 744 (c1) Motor Vehicle Insurance and Driver Education for Children in Care Detert Compare Last Action: 4/30/2014 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 977 (Ch. 2014-166), CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224) -SJ 825
    Location: Laid on Table     		Track This Bill
    S 770 Nonrelative Caregivers Detert Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 S Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224)
    Location: In committee/council (CF)     		Track This Bill
    S 960 Protection of Children Detert Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 S Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224)
    Location: In committee/council (CF)     		Track This Bill
    S 1666 (er) Child Welfare Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Compare Last Action: 6/23/2014 Chapter No. 2014-224, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 977 (Ch. 2014-166), HB 5201 (Ch. 2014-57), CS/CS/HB 7141 (Ch. 2014-161)
    Location: Became Law     		Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (33)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    20.19 Department of Children and Families. Page 60 (pdf)
    39.01 Definitions. Page 4 (pdf)
    39.201 Mandatory reports of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; mandatory reports of death; central abuse hotline. Page 60 (pdf)
    39.2015 Page 5 (pdf)
    39.202 Confidentiality of reports and records in cases of child abuse or neglect. Page 7 (pdf)
    39.2022 Page 8 (pdf)
    39.402 Placement in a shelter. Page 9 (pdf)
    39.5085 Relative Caregiver Program. Page 12 (pdf)
    39.701 Judicial review. Page 16 (pdf)
    39.802 Petition for termination of parental rights; filing; elements. Page 21 (pdf)
    383.402 Child abuse death review; State Child Abuse Death Review Committee; local child abuse death review committees. Page 22 (pdf)
    409.1671 Foster care and related services; outsourcing. Page 60 (pdf)
    409.16713 Allocation of funds for community-based care lead agencies. Page 34 (pdf)
    409.16715 Therapy treatments designed to mitigate out-of-home placement for dependent children. Page 60 (pdf)
    409.16745 Community partnership matching grant program. Page 60 (pdf)
    409.1675 Lead community-based providers; receivership. Page 41 (pdf)
    409.1676 Comprehensive residential group care services to children who have extraordinary needs. Page 61 (pdf)
    409.1677 Model comprehensive residential services programs. Page 62 (pdf)
    409.906 Optional Medicaid services. Page 63 (pdf)
    409.912 Cost-effective purchasing of health care. Page 65 (pdf)
    409.91211 Medicaid managed care pilot program. Page 72 (pdf)
    409.986 Page 23 (pdf)
    409.987 Page 25 (pdf)
    409.988 Page 26 (pdf)
    409.990 Page 30 (pdf)
    409.991 Page 34 (pdf)
    409.992 Page 35 (pdf)
    409.993 Page 35 (pdf)
    409.994 Page 41 (pdf)
    409.996 Page 46 (pdf)
    409.997 Page 51 (pdf)
    409.998 Page 55 (pdf)
    420.628 Affordable housing for children and young adults leaving foster care; legislative findings and intent. Page 73 (pdf)

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