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Committee sends bill tightening oversight of congregate foster placements to the floor
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The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1035 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation; the bill would require the director of the Department of Health and Welfare to review placements in unlicensed congregate care every 14 days and assess safety, treatment and discharge planning.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1035 to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation. Sponsor Senator Maryanne Wintrow (Senator Wintrow) described the bill as a follow-up to reforms enacted in 2024 aimed at restricting unsafe congregate care placements and ensuring children receive appropriate treatment.
"The bill builds on the reforms that we passed last year, to help ensure that licensed facilities are able to meet the needs of foster children," Senator Wintrow said. She told the committee that after 2024 reforms there were no children placed in short‑term rentals such as Airbnbs, a target outcome of last year's legislation, and that SB…
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