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Committee advances amendment to allow combined termination and adoption hearings in most consented cases
Summary
The committee voted to send Senate Bill 1021 to the amending order with a committee amendment that clarifies consented terminations involving children in Department of Health and Welfare custody may follow the faster, combined hearing process used in 2020; the change aims to speed permanency for children in foster care.
Senate Bill 1021 was presented to the House Health and Welfare Committee as legislation to restore, in most cases, the ability to hold termination‑of‑parental‑rights and adoption hearings together in a single proceeding. Representative Raiser said the change would return practice that existed in 2020 and speed placement decisions for children.
The committee adopted a committee amendment that modifies section language to make clear consented terminations — including…
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