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Committee approves disclosure change to restore CAPTA funding to DHS
Summary
Lawmakers approved Senate Bill 497 to amend disclosure provisions under the Child Maltreatment Act so the state can comply with CAPTA and restore roughly $1 million in federal funding, DHS told the committee.
The Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 497 after the Division of Children and Family Services explained the bill's purpose.
Kristen Harper, representing DHS' Division of Children and Family Services, told the committee that SB497 "will allow the division to comply with the Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, also known as CAPTA, so that approximately $1,000,000 in CAPTA funding can be restored to the agency." Harper said the bill clarifies that a legislator may redisclose information to other legislators "as long as it's for a legitimate state purpose to protect children from maltreatment."
After Harper's presentation, a do-pass motion and second were recorded and the committee approved the bill by voice vote. The transcript records the purpose (restoring CAPTA funding) and the agency witness; the committee did not record a roll-call tally in the transcript.
The committee's action advances SB497 for subsequent legislative steps; the committee record shows DHS support for the drafting as presented.
