Blue Ribbon Committee pushes clarification to child-welfare statute after hotel-case concerns
Members urged amending Mississippi Code 43-21-301 so positive marijuana tests alone cannot trigger removal of newborns, citing local cases in which children were housed in hotels and inconsistent county interpretations of the law.
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The Blue Ribbon Committee on child welfare discussed proposed changes to Mississippi Code 43-21-301 and pressed for faster accountability after a recent case in which a little girl was housed in a hotel while under CPS custody.
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