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Subcommittee reviews SB 400 amendments to curb private youth transport practices, asks for consolidated draft
Summary
The Family and Juvenile Law Subcommittee reviewed SB 400 (cross-file HB 497), which would regulate private companies that transport youth to residential programs. Sponsors outlined clarifications on applicability, added compensatory damages, a 10‑year limitation, a ban on mechanical restraints, a prohibition on parental waivers, and a DHS timing exemption; staff will produce a single overlay for follow-up review.
Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield, chair of the Family and Juvenile Law Subcommittee, convened a remote meeting to review SB 400, a bill addressing private companies that transport children to residential programs, and requested a consolidated overlay of Senate and House amendments before the panel votes.
Sponsor Delegate Stewart said the bill’s amendments aim to close loopholes and strengthen protections for children. He summarized key changes that would: clarify the bill applies when the final intended destination is a residential childcare program even if there are interim stops; add compensatory damages alongside restitution and attorneys’ fees; make the law prospective (not retroactive); set a 10‑year statute of limitations for claims against transport companies; bar contract provisions that would waive a child’s right to sue; categorically prohibit mechanical restraints while limiting physical…
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