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Committee approves raising package of child-safety and foster-support concepts (4–8)

Children's Committee · February 18, 2026
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The committee approved a combined motion to raise agenda items 4–8, covering DPH releases of parentage information to DCF, extended postsecondary assistance for foster youth, funding for the Office of Child Advocate, flotation-device requirements for children under 12 at some docks/piers, and water-safety and swim instruction measures.

The Children's Committee approved a combined motion to raise agenda items 4 through 8. The chair summarized the package for members before the vote: (4) an act authorizing the Department of Public Health to release certain information concerning parentage to the Department of Children…

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