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Senate adopts narrow statutory fixes to child-welfare placement rules
Utah State Senate · January 25, 2017
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Summary
Senate Bill 85, described by the sponsor as a small child-welfare statutory cleanup, clarifies placement and return-to-home language so foster children can remain together when appropriate; the measure was moved to third reading with a recorded floor tally of 27–0 (2 absent).
Senator Harper presented Senate Bill 85 to the Senate as a targeted statutory change to clarify language about returning children to foster families and placement of siblings.
Harper described the bill as "the smallest child welfare bill" he has run, saying many issues had been resolved through…
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