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Committee backs clarifying changes to parental representation program funding and duties
Summary
The Judiciary Committee favorably recommended SB 185, which clarifies duties and contract practices for the child-welfare parental representation program and maintains that services remain subject to legislative appropriation; sponsors said the bill bases contracts on prior-year expenditures to promote fiscal responsibility.
Senator Harper presented SB 185 to the House Judiciary Committee as a short substitute that clarifies the duties and structure of the child-welfare parental representation program.
Harper said the substitute clarifies what parental-representation providers should do and how contracts should be…
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