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House passes wide-ranging child protection and foster-care amendments after multiple changes to bill language
Summary
The House approved first substitute Senate Bill 191 (child protection and foster-care amendments) 70-0 after adopting amendments restoring family-services language, clarifying the division's primary mission, adjusting relative-preference timing and other changes. Sponsors said the measure streamlines foster/adoption procedures and aligns state law with federal timetables.
The Utah House unanimously passed first substitute Senate Bill 191 on March 2 after extended debate and multiple floor amendments.
Sponsor Representative Dilley described the bill as a package to streamline foster-care and adoption processes, incorporate federal permanency timelines and strengthen the Division of Child and Family Services’ focus on protecting children. "We're also putting in place some federal law that's now required," Dilley said, summarizing provisions that the House would keep and modify.
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