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Senate committee fast-tracks transfer of state ombudsman to auditor, designates emergency
Summary
The Senate Families and Children Committee approved Senate Bill 85 to complete the transfer of the Office of the Ombudsman from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the State Auditor's Office and codify access to the child-abuse database; the committee gave the bill a favorable report, 10-0.
Senate Bill 85, which completes the transfer of the state Office of the Ombudsman from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) to the State Auditor's Office and codifies the office's access to case records, received a favorable report from the Kentucky Senate Standing Committee on Families and Children by a recorded voice vote of 10-0.
The bill, presented by state Sen. Steve Meredith, advances statutory language to resolve disputes about the Auditor's access to the child abuse and adult abuse database and to clarify how complaints and confidentiality protections are handled after the transfer. "Can't do the work without it," Auditor Allison Ball said of access to the case database, describing earlier legal…
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