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Committee advances substitute to update child-welfare statutes on findings and timelines
Summary
Senators passed a first substitute to SB 177 to update child-welfare code: clarifying findings, aligning child-abuse definitions with criminal code, adjusting timelines for alleged perpetrator reviews, and clarifying circumstances limiting reunification services. The Utah Family Defenders Association supported the bill.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee unanimously approved a first substitute to SB 177, a package of updates to Utah’s child welfare statutes intended to clarify findings used in removal and review proceedings and to align some definitions with related criminal statutes.
Sponsor Senator Harper told the committee the…
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