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Office of the Child Advocate statutory changes and expanded data reporting proposed in child-welfare overhaul
Summary
The Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) and multiple child-welfare advocates described H.262/S.148, a multi-part bill that would codify OCA practices, expand demographic and disproportionality reporting, define fatality-review leadership and require agency reporting on incidents and outcomes.
The Joint Committee considered a broad bill, H.262/S.148, billed by supporters as a package to enhance child‑welfare protections across reporting, oversight and interagency coordination.
Maria Masaitis, director of the Office of the Child Advocate (OCA), told the committee the bill would "codify requirements for agencies to report specific incidents to us" and would put into statute certain OCA practices now done by mutual agreement, such as training for mandated reporters and technical assistance to agencies.
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