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Bill to impose formal conduct rules on child protection specialists draws opposition from DPHHS and COPP
Summary
Senate Bill 272 would create a rules-of-conduct regime for child protection specialists with complaints routed to the Commissioner of Political Practices; DPHHS and COPP warned it singles out workers, duplicates existing personnel rules, and would strain a small oversight office.
Senator Daniel Emmerich introduced Senate Bill 272 on Feb. 14 as legislation to establish rules of conduct for child protection specialists and to direct complaints to the Commissioner of Political Practices.
"This bill is designed to do is just create a simple rule of conduct for CPS workers," Emmerich said during the hearing, describing the measure as intended to draw clearer lines for specialist conduct.
The Department of Public Health and Human Services opposed the bill. Jesse Counts, executive director of the human services practice area at DPHHS, told the committee the measure would "single out one group of employees unnecessarily" and "does a…
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