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CS/CS/SB 1650: Child Welfare

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Health Policy ; Albritton

Child Welfare; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to establish a direct-support organization to assist the Children and Youth Cabinet with carrying out certain purposes and responsibilities; requiring that the order for placement of a child in shelter care contain a written finding specifying that the Department of Children and Families has placement and care responsibility for certain children; requiring information to be provided to relatives and nonrelatives regarding the Guardianship Assistance Program and the Relative Caregiver Program; revising when a court must return a child to the custody of his or her parents after making certain determinations, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
 Last Action: 4/29/2019 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7099 (Ch. 2019-142), SB 2502 (Ch. 2019-116) -SJ 598
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/1/2019 Senate • Filed
    3/8/2019 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations -SJ 214
    3/13/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 213
    3/20/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/25/19, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
    3/25/2019 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 266
    3/26/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    3/27/2019 Senate • Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    4/2/2019 Senate • CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 299
    4/3/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 04/08/19, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
    4/8/2019 Senate • CS/CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 343
    4/9/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Appropriations
    4/10/2019 Senate • CS/CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 347
    4/15/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/18/19, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    4/18/2019 Senate • Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 -SJ 379
    4/19/2019 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    4/25/2019 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/19 -SJ 611
    4/29/2019 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 597
    • Substituted CS/HB 7099 -SJ 598
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7099 (Ch. 2019-142), SB 2502 (Ch. 2019-116) -SJ 598

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  • CS/CS/SB 1650, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/9/2019 at 3:06 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 4/17/2019 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 4/19/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (4)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 7099 (er) Child Welfare Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 6/26/2019 Chapter No. 2019-142, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2502 (Ch. 2019-116) Track This Bill
    H 179 Child Abuse Byrd Compare Last Action: 5/3/2019 H Died in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7099 (Ch. 2019-142) Track This Bill
    S 128 (c2) Child Abuse Bean Compare Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Infrastructure and Security, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7099 (Ch. 2019-142) Track This Bill
    S 2502 (er) Implementing the 2019-2020 General Appropriations Act Appropriations Compare Last Action: 6/24/2019 Chapter No. 2019-116, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5301 (Ch. 2019-118), CS/HB 7099 (Ch. 2019-142), CS/SB 190 (Ch. 2019-103), SB 2500 (Ch. 2019-115) Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    163922 - Amendment
    Between lines 1128 and 1129 insert:     		Stewart 4/26/2019
    4:09 PM     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/18/2019 9:00 AM Appropriations 19 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (19)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    39.0012 Page 3 (pdf)
    39.01 Definitions. Page 4 (pdf)
    39.201 Mandatory reports of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; mandatory reports of death; central abuse hotline. Page 5 (pdf)
    39.303 Child protection teams and sexual abuse treatment programs; services; eligible cases. Page 5 (pdf)
    39.4015 Family finding. Page 6 (pdf)
    39.402 Placement in a shelter. Page 6 (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 9 (pdf)
    39.5085 Relative Caregiver Program. Page 19 (pdf)
    39.5086 Kinship navigator programs. Page 19 (pdf)
    39.6225 Guardianship Assistance Program. Page 20 (pdf)
    39.6251 Continuing care for young adults. Page 22 (pdf)
    39.701 Judicial review. Page 24 (pdf)
    402.56 Children’s cabinet; organization; responsibilities; annual report. Page 28 (pdf)
    409.1451 The Road-to-Independence Program. Page 29 (pdf)
    409.175 Licensure of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public records exemption. Page 31 (pdf)
    409.903 Mandatory payments for eligible persons. Page 38 (pdf)
    409.991 Allocation of funds for community-based care lead agencies. Page 39 (pdf)
    414.045 Cash assistance program. Page 40 (pdf)
    1009.25 Fee exemptions. Page 43 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 1650, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/26/2019 at 11:09 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 4/5/2019 (pdf)
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 4/9/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 7099 Child Welfare Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 6/26/2019 Chapter No. 2019-142, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2502 (Ch. 2019-116) Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    546646 - Amendment
    Delete lines 47 - 819 and insert:     		Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    (Albritton)     		4/5/2019
    4:48 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/9/2019     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 231468 - Amendment to Amendment (546646)
    Delete lines 469 - 471 and insert:     		Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    (Book)     		4/5/2019
    4:59 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/9/2019     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/8/2019 4:00 PM Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 6 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (15)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    39.01 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    39.4015 Family finding. Page 3 (pdf)
    39.402 Placement in a shelter. Page 3 (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 5 (pdf)
    39.5085 Relative Caregiver Program. Page 15 (pdf)
    39.5086 Kinship navigator programs. Page 16 (pdf)
    39.6225 Guardianship Assistance Program. Page 16 (pdf)
    39.6251 Continuing care for young adults. Page 18 (pdf)
    39.701 Judicial review. Page 20 (pdf)
    409.1451 The Road-to-Independence Program. Page 24 (pdf)
    409.175 Licensure of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public records exemption. Page 26 (pdf)
    409.903 Mandatory payments for eligible persons. Page 33 (pdf)
    409.991 Allocation of funds for community-based care lead agencies. Page 34 (pdf)
    414.045 Cash assistance program. Page 34 (pdf)
    1009.25 Fee exemptions. Page 37 (pdf)

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  • SB 1650, Original Filed Version Posted 3/1/2019 at 12:46 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/22/2019 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 3/26/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 7099 Child Welfare Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 6/26/2019 Chapter No. 2019-142, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2502 (Ch. 2019-116) Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    234018 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Health Policy
    (Albritton)     		3/22/2019
    1:30 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/25/2019     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/25/2019 1:30 PM Health Policy 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (24)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    39.01 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    39.302 Protective investigations of institutional child abuse, abandonment, or neglect. Page 3 (pdf)
    39.4015 Family finding. Page 4 (pdf)
    39.402 Placement in a shelter. Page 7 (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 9 (pdf)
    39.5085 Relative Caregiver Program. Page 19 (pdf)
    39.5086 Kinship navigator programs. Page 20 (pdf)
    39.521 Disposition hearings; powers of disposition. Page 22 (pdf)
    39.523 Placement in out-of-home care. Page 24 (pdf)
    39.6012 Case plan tasks; services. Page 25 (pdf)
    39.6225 Guardianship Assistance Program. Page 26 (pdf)
    39.6251 Continuing care for young adults. Page 28 (pdf)
    39.701 Judicial review. Page 31 (pdf)
    322.09 Application of minors; responsibility for negligence or misconduct of minor. Page 35 (pdf)
    394.495 Child and adolescent mental health system of care; programs and services. Page 35 (pdf)
    409.1451 The Road-to-Independence Program. Page 36 (pdf)
    409.175 Licensure of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public records exemption. Page 37 (pdf)
    409.903 Mandatory payments for eligible persons. Page 44 (pdf)
    409.991 Allocation of funds for community-based care lead agencies. Page 45 (pdf)
    414.045 Cash assistance program. Page 46 (pdf)
    627.746 Coverage for minors who have a learner’s driver license; additional premium prohibited. Page 48 (pdf)
    934.255 Subpoenas in investigations of sexual offenses. Page 49 (pdf)
    960.065 Eligibility for awards. Page 49 (pdf)
    1009.25 Fee exemptions. Page 49 (pdf)

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