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Committee approves rules to maximize sharing of department records in child-welfare cases, with questions about scope of recipients
Summary
The committee approved a docket that changes DHW rules to make use and disclosure of department records permissive to the maximum extent allowed by law, intended to give foster parents and children's agencies more information; senators asked whether schools and health providers could receive those records and about confidentiality safeguards.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved a rules docket that changes how the Department of Health and Welfare approaches use and disclosure of departmental records, with a stated focus on improving information-sharing in child-welfare and foster-placement situations.
Jared Larson told the committee the rule reverses previous language that defaulted to withholding information unless allowed; the new posture is to share "to the maximum extent possible" while still complying with applicable…
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