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Committee advances bill requiring runaway-response plans and rapid guardian notification for youth in residential care
Summary
House Health and Human Services advanced Senate Bill 151, which requires residential childcare facilities to adopt written, trauma-informed plans for how they will respond when youth run from care and to notify parents or guardians within four hours; the bill also directs the Child Protection Ombudsman to inventory facility practices.
The House Health and Human Services Committee unanimously advanced Senate Bill 151 on a favorable recommendation to the Committee of the Whole, after testimony from family members, the Child Protection Ombudsman and service providers about youth who run away from residential treatment and other out-of-home placements.
SB 151 would require every residential childcare facility in Colorado to adopt a written, trauma-informed policy that explains how staff will respond when a youth attempts to run or leaves care. Facilities would be required to give a copy of that policy to parents or guardians at admission, notify a parent or guardian within four hours when a youth is missing from care, and allow the Child…
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