Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Panel approves bill to create child-welfare ombudsman housed at UAMS commission
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE · April 1, 2019
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.
Summary
SB662 creates a child-welfare ombudsman position housed at the Commission for Child Abuse Prevention and Domestic Violence (UAMS), with DHS support and statutory access to foster-care and protective-services records; the sponsor said the ombudsman will investigate cases to correct systemic and individual problems.
Senator Clark presented SB662 to create a child-welfare ombudsman for the child-welfare division, modeled on an existing ombudsman for the Division of Youth Services. Michelle Martin (Division of Children and Family Services) and Gerald Cherrim…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
30-day money-back on paid plans
