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Committee recommends ITL for bill expanding Office of Child Advocate access, cites broad scope concerns
Summary
The Children and Family Law Committee voted 2-1 to recommend Inexpedient To Legislate (ITL) on Senate Bill 76 after members said the bill as drafted gave the Office of the Child Advocate overly broad access to records and unclear authority to investigate children who never received services.
The Children and Family Law Committee voted 2-1 to recommend that Senate Bill 76 be declared Inexpedient To Legislate (ITL), citing concerns that the bill's language would give the Office of the Child Advocate overly broad authority to access records and investigate children who had not received services from the agency.
Committee discussion focused on several perceived problems in the draft. A committee member said the bill—s language could reach "every vendor that the state uses" and worried it would allow the office to demand records beyond…
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