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Chair called the House Health and Human Services committee to order and the secretary called roll; several members announced present or excused (Vice Chair Howell, Reps. Bennett, Close, Cunningham, Morris, Love, Moore, Nelson, Nickel, Schomer, Souctis; others excused).
The House Human Services Committee held hearings on Senate Bill 147 to remove the sunset from the Montana Indian Child Welfare Act and related clarifying amendments; Senate Bill 231 on affidavit contents in child abuse and neglect proceedings; and House Joint Resolution 26, a study request on guardianship and conservatorship oversight. Committee heard broad tribal, advocacy and agency testimony and asked targeted technical questions; no votes were taken.
