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Senate committee advances SB 1534 after adopting Dash 9 to clarify 'child in care' definitions and licensing enforcement
Summary
The committee adopted a broad Dash 9 amendment to SB 1534 that aligns abuse definitions with existing law, narrows who may be investigated under the 'child in care' standard, makes many enforcement actions discretionary, and sent the bill to Ways and Means for further fiscal review.
The Senate Committee on Human Services on Feb. 12 adopted the Dash 9 amendment to Senate Bill 1534 and voted to send the amended bill to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means with a due-pass recommendation.
The Dash 9 amendment replaces major portions of the bill. Committee leadership said the changes align the 'child in care' abuse definitions with current law and House Bill 3835, remove broadly phrased language that could have swept in "any other person who has access" to a child by relationship, and clarify that the principal expansion (if any) concerns adults who live in the same home as a youth in foster or certified care. The amendment adds three allegation types that could generate…
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