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House approves recodification of child‑welfare licensing and database changes after debate
Summary
House Bill 25 reorganizes child‑welfare licensing statutes and includes a policy change to remove an individual’s name from the licensing database during pendency of a successful appeal; sponsor said the change respects ‘innocent until proven guilty’ while members raised concerns about potential risks to children; the bill passed 65–3.
Representative Wayne Harper presented House Bill 25 as a recodification and cleanup of child‑welfare licensing and management information statutes built from seven years of statutory changes. Harper said the bill reorganizes and clarifies code sections and includes two policy exceptions: one…
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