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CS/SB 1748: Child Welfare

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Hutson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Perry

Child Welfare; Requiring that child support payments be deposited into specified trust funds; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to access certain records; requiring certain documentation in the case plan when a child is placed in a qualified residential treatment program; requiring certain screening requirements for residential group home employees, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Appropriations
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)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/10/2020 Senate • Filed
    1/17/2020 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 171
    1/22/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 171
    1/23/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/28/20, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
    1/30/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/04/20, 12:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
    2/4/2020 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 239
    2/5/2020 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    2/6/2020 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 251
    2/10/2020 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
    2/13/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/18/20, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    2/18/2020 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 326
    2/19/2020 Senate • Now in Appropriations
    3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Appropriations

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  • CS/SB 1748, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/5/2020 at 4:51 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) 2/17/2020 (pdf)
    Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) 2/18/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 7085 (e1) Dependency Proceedings and Child Protection Services Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 43 (Ch. 2020-40)

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/18/2020 4:00 PM Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (17)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    39.01 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    39.0135 Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund. Page 3 (pdf)
    39.202 Confidentiality of reports and records in cases of child abuse or neglect. Page 3 (pdf)
    39.301 Initiation of protective investigations. Page 16 (pdf)
    39.302 Protective investigations of institutional child abuse, abandonment, or neglect. Page 17 (pdf)
    39.402 Placement in a shelter. Page 18 (pdf)
    39.501 Petition for dependency. Page 18 (pdf)
    39.6011 Case plan development. Page 5 (pdf)
    39.6013 Case plan amendments. Page 19 (pdf)
    39.6221 Permanent guardianship of a dependent child. Page 6 (pdf)
    39.6251 Continuing care for young adults. Page 6 (pdf)
    61.30 Child support guidelines; retroactive child support. Page 7 (pdf)
    409.145 Care of children; quality parenting; “reasonable and prudent parent” standard. Page 8 (pdf)
    409.1676 Comprehensive residential group care services to children who have extraordinary needs. Page 9 (pdf)
    409.1678 Specialized residential options for children who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation. Page 14 (pdf)
    409.1679 Additional requirements; reimbursement methodology. Page 15 (pdf)
    409.175 Licensure of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public records exemption. Page 15 (pdf)

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  • SB 1748, Original Filed Version Posted 1/10/2020 at 2:01 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 2/3/2020 (pdf)
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 2/5/2020 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    908544 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    (Hutson)
    2/3/2020
    12:41 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/5/2020
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    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/4/2020 12:30 PM Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 6 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (19)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    39.01 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    39.0135 Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund. Page 3 (pdf)
    39.202 Confidentiality of reports and records in cases of child abuse or neglect. Page 4 (pdf)
    39.301 Initiation of protective investigations. Page 19 (pdf)
    39.302 Protective investigations of institutional child abuse, abandonment, or neglect. Page 20 (pdf)
    39.402 Placement in a shelter. Page 21 (pdf)
    39.407 Medical, psychiatric, and psychological examination and treatment of child; physical, mental, or substance abuse examination of person with or requesting child custody. Page 5 (pdf)
    39.501 Petition for dependency. Page 21 (pdf)
    39.6011 Case plan development. Page 12 (pdf)
    39.6013 Case plan amendments. Page 22 (pdf)
    39.6221 Permanent guardianship of a dependent child. Page 12 (pdf)
    39.6251 Continuing care for young adults. Page 13 (pdf)
    61.30 Child support guidelines; retroactive child support. Page 13 (pdf)
    409.145 Care of children; quality parenting; “reasonable and prudent parent” standard. Page 15 (pdf)
    409.1676 Comprehensive residential group care services to children who have extraordinary needs. Page 16 (pdf)
    409.16765 Page 16 (pdf)
    409.1678 Specialized residential options for children who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation. Page 17 (pdf)
    409.1679 Additional requirements; reimbursement methodology. Page 18 (pdf)
    409.175 Licensure of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public records exemption. Page 18 (pdf)

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