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IN SB0447
Bill
AI Summary
SB 447 Summary
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Requires school employees with direct, ongoing contact with children to complete child abuse and neglect training every two years, covering reporting duties and recognizing signs of abuse or neglect.
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Creates a new definition of "nonwaivable offense" listing specific felonies that disqualify individuals from working with children or being placed in homes during child welfare proceedings, replacing previous scattered references.
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Establishes "concurrent planning" in child welfare cases, allowing simultaneous pursuit of multiple permanency goals (such as reunification and adoption) with knowledge of all participants.
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Allows the Department of Child Services to pay criminal background check fees for adoption petitioners when the child is under the department's care and supervision.
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Prohibits the Department of Child Services from charging custodial parents fees for state tax refund offsets used for child support collection.
Legislative Description
Child services. Requires child abuse and neglect training for school employees. Allows the department of child services (department) to share costs incurred in maintaining the new hire directory in accordance with federal law with the department of workforce development. Adds a definition of "concurrent planning". Adds a definition of "nonwaivable offense" and makes conforming changes. Allows the department to pay the criminal background check fee in certain adoption cases. Prohibits the department from charging a fee for state tax offsets. Amends provisions concerning restricted driving licenses. Provides that the department may not grant a variance or waiver of a rule
Last Action
Public Law 183
4/26/2017