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.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/9/2026 Senate • Filed
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SB 1560, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/9/2026 at 9:00 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
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 
Citations - 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)