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House approves bill granting foster‑care licensing and guardians access to SAFE records
Summary
House Bill 60 passed unanimously in the House, giving the Office of Licensing for Foster Care and Guardians ad Litem streamlined access to certain SAFE case records for licensing and assigned cases; sponsors said the measure closes a gap that could leave children placed with caregivers who have unexposed substantiated findings.
The Utah House passed House Bill 60 on Feb. 3, 2004, which narrows an information gap the sponsor said could allow foster parents to be licensed despite substantiated findings of abuse that are not included in the licensing subfile. Representative David Levack, sponsor, explained HB 60 has two parts: (1) it provides the Office of Licensing for Foster Care within the Department of Human Services access to complete case histories maintained in DCFS's SAFE…
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