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HB 1221: Protection of Children

GENERAL BILL by Danish

Protection of Children; Requires statewide team of child protection investigators to respond to child's death or disappearance; requires DCF to disclose basic facts of all fatalities & near fatalities of children which result from child abuse or neglect; requires that reports & disclosures be posted on DCF's website; provides requirements for release of information if investigation of fatality is pending, if report of fatality is true, or if report of fatality is unsubstantiated; prohibits certain information relating to fatality of child from being released; requires each community-based care lead agency to submit an annual report on damage claims relating to children injured while in care or custody of agency.

Effective Date: 7/1/2014
Last Action: 5/2/2014 House - Died in Healthy Families Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224)
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/28/2014 House • Filed
    3/4/2014 House • Introduced -HJ 100
    3/11/2014 House • Referred to Healthy Families Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 269
    5/2/2014 House • Died in Healthy Families Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224)

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  • HB 1221, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/28/2014 at 10:55 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (4)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 960 Protection of Children Detert Identical Last Action: 5/2/2014 S Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224)
    Location: In committee/council (CF)
    H 7169 (c1) Child Protection and Child Welfare Services Healthy Families Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died pending review of CS, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224), CS/HB 977 (Ch. 2014-166), CS/CS/HB 7141 (Ch. 2014-161)
    Location: Pending Reference Review
    S 1666 (er) Child Welfare Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Compare Last Action: 6/23/2014 Chapter No. 2014-224, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 977 (Ch. 2014-166), HB 5201 (Ch. 2014-57), CS/CS/HB 7141 (Ch. 2014-161)
    Location: Became Law
    S 1668 Child Welfare Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 977 (Ch. 2014-166), CS/CS/HB 7141 (Ch. 2014-161), CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224)
    Location: In committee/council (AHS)

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    39.0142 Page 2 (pdf)
    39.2022 Page 3 (pdf)
    39.2023 Page 8 (pdf)

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