SB 1560: Medical Placement for High-acuity Children
GENERAL BILL by Simon
Medical Placement for High-acuity Children; Requiring that specific needs of a high-acuity child be considered when determining a child’s best interest; revising the role of and services provided by a Child Protection Team; providing for the placement of a high-acuity child; revising the goals of multidisciplinary teams; revising the participants in a multidisciplinary team; requiring a licensed health care professional to perform a medical screening for certain conditions on a child who is removed from the home and maintained in an out-of-home placement, etc.
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/9/2026 | Senate |
• Filed |
Related Bills
| Bill Number | Subject | Filed By | Relationship | Last Action and Location | Track Bills |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H 475 | Medical Placement for High-acuity Children | Salzman | Similar | Last Action: 11/24/2025 H Now in Human Services Subcommittee |
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No Vote History AvailableCitations - Statutes (22)
| Citation | Catchline | Location in Bill Location In Bill Help |
|---|---|---|
| 39.01 | Definitions. | Page 5 (pdf) |
| 39.01375 | Best interest determination for placement. | Page 7 (pdf) |
| 39.302 | Protective investigations of institutional child abuse, abandonment, or neglect. | Page 7 (pdf) |
| 39.303 | Child Protection Teams and sexual abuse treatment programs; services; eligible cases. | Page 8 (pdf) |
| 39.4021 | Priority placement for out-of-home placements. | Page 13 (pdf) |
| 39.4022 | Multidisciplinary teams; staffings; assessments; report. | Page 14 (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 19 (pdf) |
| 39.4078 | Page 26 (pdf) | |
| 39.523 | Placement in out-of-home care. | Page 33 (pdf) |
| 39.6012 | Case plan tasks; services. | Page 36 (pdf) |
| 39.6013 | Case plan amendments. | Page 38 (pdf) |
| 391.025 | Applicability and scope. | Page 39 (pdf) |
| 391.029 | Program eligibility. | Page 39 (pdf) |
| 393.065 | Application and eligibility determination. | Page 40 (pdf) |
| 394.495 | Child and adolescent mental health system of care; programs and services. | Page 43 (pdf) |
| 409.145 | Care of children; “reasonable and prudent parent” standard. | Page 45 (pdf) |
| 409.166 | Children within the child welfare system; adoption assistance program. | Page 47 (pdf) |
| 409.906 | Optional Medicaid services. | Page 48 (pdf) |
| 409.986 | Legislative findings and intent; child protection and child welfare outcomes; definitions. | Page 49 (pdf) |
| 934.255 | Subpoenas in investigations of sexual offenses. | Page 50 (pdf) |
| 960.065 | Eligibility for awards. | Page 50 (pdf) |
| 984.03 | Definitions. | Page 50 (pdf) |
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