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IN HB1221
Bill
Status
1/10/2019
Primary Sponsor
Chuck Goodrich
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AI Summary
- Indiana Supreme Court may establish a two-year pilot program to help juvenile court judges in five counties provide voluntary preventative programs for at-risk children
- Appropriates $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2019-2020 and $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2020-2021 to the Indiana Supreme Court for the pilot program
- Office of Judicial Administration must submit reports to the legislative council by July 1, 2020 and July 1, 2021 describing program effects and recommending feasibility of expansion to additional counties
- Amends IC 31-32-3-12 concerning family law and juvenile law
- Provision expires July 1, 2021
Legislative Description
Funding of youth assistance programs. Provides that the Indiana supreme court may establish a two-year pilot program to assist juvenile court judges in five Indiana counties in providing voluntary preventative programs for at-risk children. Appropriates to the Indiana supreme court $1,500,000 in the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and $1,500,000 in the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, for purposes of the pilot program. Requires the office of judicial administration to report to the legislative council regarding: (1) the effects of the pilot program in the counties in which the pilot program is implemented; and (2) the feasibility of implementing similar programs in additional counties.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
1/10/2019