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House creates task force to study privatization of state adoption services
Summary
The House passed HB154 to create a task force to study privatizing state adoption services for children in state custody; sponsor said the bill is limited to state-custody adoptions and cited Kansas experience. The bill passed 66–3 and will be sent to the Senate.
House members on Feb. 26 approved HB154 to establish a legislative task force to study the privatization of state adoption services for children in the custody of the state. A sponsor explained the bill does not affect private adoptions and that discussions with the Department of Human Services and the Division of Child and Family Services prompted the measure.
The sponsor referenced Kansas as a jurisdiction that has already privatized adoption services and said the task force will examine whether such a model would benefit Utah and whether implementing legislation would be necessary. The bill outlines the task forces study responsibilities and membership on the second page of the bill, the sponsor said.
The chamber raised a fiscal-note discrepancy; a member noted the computer system showed a $200,000 fiscal note, while the paper fiscal note in hand listed $22,000. The floor accepted the bill and it passed 66–3. HB154 was transmitted to the Senate for further consideration.
