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Bill would separate investigators from reunification workers in child-welfare cases
Summary
Sen. Dennis Lentz introduced Senate Bill 206 to require different Child Protective Services staff serve as the removing investigator and the reunification worker when possible; sponsors amended the measure to account for rural staffing limits.
Sen. Dennis Lentz introduced Senate Bill 206 to require clearer role separation between Child Protective Services investigators who remove children and the workers who handle reunification efforts, saying the change would reduce conflict and improve outcomes.
The bill would add definitions for a "child protection investigator" and a "child reunification specialist" and, where practicable, bar the same worker from both removing a child and later leading reunification efforts. "What I'm attempting to do is…
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