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Committee approves sending RS to alter juvenile-court hearing requirement aimed at faster permanency for children
Summary
Department of Health and Welfare-backed RS31804C1 would reverse a recent Idaho Supreme Court interpretation that required an additional hearing in certain juvenile proceedings; committee sent the RS to print.
Jared Larson, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Chief for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, presented RS31804C1, which the department framed as a change to a subsection of Idaho juvenile code interpreted by the Idaho Supreme Court to require an additional hearing for youth in the department's custody.
Larson told the committee the Supreme Court interpretation compelled an extra hearing that extends the time youth…
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