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IN HB1342

Bill

Status

Passed

4/28/2017

Primary Sponsor

Robert Cherry

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Indiana Code IC 31-34-1-10 to define a child in need of services as one born with fetal alcohol syndrome, neonatal abstinence syndrome, or any amount of controlled substance or legend drug in their body, who needs care, treatment, or rehabilitation not currently being received or unlikely to be provided without court intervention.

  • Removes the rebuttable presumption that a child meets the requirements for services based solely on evidence that the child's mother used a controlled substance or legend drug during pregnancy.

  • Effective date is July 1, 2017.

Legislative Description

Child in need of services. Removes a rebuttable presumption that a child is a child in need of services if a child is born with: (1) fetal alcohol syndrome; (2) neonatal abstinence syndrome; or (3) any amount of a controlled substance or legend drug in the child's body; and there is evidence that a child's mother used a controlled substance or legend drug during pregnancy.

Last Action

Public Law 249

4/28/2017

Committee Referrals

Appropriations2/20/2017
Ways and Means1/12/2017

Full Bill Text

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