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Witnesses urge special commission as foster-care liability insurance market collapses
Summary
Advocates for foster‑care providers told legislators a collapse in the foster‑care liability insurance market is raising premiums and reducing coverage, and asked the committee to create a special commission to study remedies.
Boston — Advocates for foster-care providers told the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities on Oct. 26 that a national contraction in foster-care liability insurance is driving premiums up, cutting coverage and threatening the ability of community providers to keep serving children under contract with the Department of Children and Families (DCF).
"A nationwide crisis has emerged specific to foster care liability insurance, severely shrinking the marketplace for foster care beds and programs across the country," Rachel Guatney, executive director of the Children's League of Massachusetts, said in testimony supporting House bill H197, which would establish a special commission to…
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