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Committee approves DCS package adding mobile sports-wagering intercepts, adoption coordination and background-check clarifications
Summary
House Bill 10 92 — a broad Department of Child Services package — passed out of committee as amended. The bill updates child-support intercept authority for mobile sports wagering, clarifies volunteer/background-check rules, and improves court coordination in adoption/CHINS cases; industry witnesses flagged operational challenges for wagering intercepts.
The committee advanced HB 10 92, a multicomponent Department of Child Services package that included measures aimed at improving child-safety operations and child-support collections. Harmony Gist, executive director of DCS, told the committee the bill would update child-support enforcement to require mobile sports-wagering operators to withhold winnings when an individual is delinquent, clarify licensing and background-check authority for child-care facilities and volunteers, allow greater DCS participation to coordinate adoption and CHINS proceedings in limited circumstances, and standardize use of DCS-issued…
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