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SB 1400: Child Welfare

GENERAL BILL by Grimsley

Child Welfare; Requiring a parent whose actions have caused harm to a child who is adjudicated to be dependent to submit to a substance abuse disorder assessment or evaluation and to participate in and comply with treatment and services; requiring the Department of Health to establish a hormonal long-acting reversible contraception (HLARC) program; requiring the Department of Children and Families to develop or adopt one or more initial screening assessment instruments to identify and determine the needs of, and plan services for, substance exposed newborns and their families, etc. APPROPRIATION: $750,000

Effective Date: 7/1/2017
 Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1121 (Ch. 2017-151)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)
  4. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/1/2017 Senate • Filed
3/14/2017 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations; Rules -SJ 191
3/15/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 191
3/16/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/21/17, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
3/21/2017 Senate • Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 242
3/22/2017 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 242
5/5/2017 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1121 (Ch. 2017-151)