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Family, Children and Human Affairs committee advances three additional bills on child‑welfare reporting, trauma representation and preventative services
Summary
The committee approved House Bill 11‑52 (child fatality reporting) and two other bills or amendments addressing trauma representation on a board and preventative services provider reporting. Votes were largely unanimous for the first two items; the preventative‑services bill passed as amended 7–4.
The Family, Children and Human Affairs Committee took up several additional bills and amendments and recorded votes sending the measures to the next stage of the legislative process.
House Bill 11‑52: Representative Ryan Lauer gave a short recap of House Bill 11‑52, saying it “addresses reporting for child fatalities and near fatalities” and is modeled after other states’ approaches. He said the information is provided by the state and that reporting is federally mandated. After brief discussion the committee voted to pass HB 11‑52 as amended by voice and roll call; the roll call recorded 11 votes in favor, 0 opposed. The committee report indicated the bill will be forwarded as amended.
Representative Summers’ amendment to unnamed bill: Representative Vanessa Summers presented a single amendment to add a member with trauma…
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