Senate committee hears split testimony on H.657 over definitions, restraint limits and transport rules
Witnesses broadly supported H.657's transparency and youth‑support provisions but clashed over definitions of 'unaccompanied' youth, a proposed prohibition on waist‑chain restraints for young children, video access to incident recordings, and whether statutory language could hamper DCF contracts with out‑of‑state providers.
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The Senate Health and Welfare Committee heard hours of testimony April 24 on H.657, a bill that would change how the Department for Children and Families (DCF) treats unaccompanied minors and regulates restraints, seclusion and transportation.
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