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Committee advances bill requiring warrants for CPS child removals; fiscal note flags overtime assumptions
Summary
Senate Bill 50, which would require Child Protective Services staff to seek warrants when removing children, advanced from the Senate Finance and Claims Committee after discussion about a $362,000 initial fiscal estimate and disputed assumptions about overtime and wait time.
Senator Emerich, sponsor: "Senate Bill 50 provides for making sure that CPS is seeking warrants when they are removing a child. The fiscal note has a $362,000 initial cost." Senator Emerich opened the hearing on Senate Bill 50 and described the bill's purpose: to require Child Protective Services to seek warrants when removing children.
Nut graf: Committee discussion centered on the fiscal-note assumptions used to calculate a $362,000 initial cost, specifically an assumption that each warrant-related removal would require seven hours of work billed at overtime (time-and-a-half). Sponsors and administrators differed on the correct time estimate and whether the overtime assumption is appropriate; committee members…
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