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Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Governor's action Veto

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TICLE 1 - CHILD WELFARE Providing for adult adoption; making conforming amendments; modifying adoption procedures; modifying birth parent history requirements; permitting records disclosure to guardians ad litem; providing for modification or termination of adoption assistance; providing for commissioner of human services adoption assistance program overpayment recovery; expanding adoption assistance program eligibility to certain relatives and excluding legal custodians or guardians from eligibility; modifying birth parent record information request procedures; allowing adult adoptions birth records access; extending the expiration date for the American Indian child welfare advisory council; providing for an "Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children"; expanding the purpose of child in need of protection services; clarifying child abuse, modifying certain child protection jurisdiction and foster care [...]

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Latest Action: 05/18/2008 - Conference committee report, delete everything

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URTH ENGROSSMENT MFIP provisions modified, child placement and welfare provisions changed, Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children established, child in voluntary foster care for treatment established, and data practices and technical changes made. ARTICLE 1 -- MFIP WORK PARTICIPATION Section 1: Permanent bar to set aside a disqualification language modified. Section 2: Specific powers language modified. Section 3: Eligibility language modified. Section 4: Eligibility for services language added. Section 5: Performance base funds language modified. ARTICLE 2-- CHILD CARE Section 1: Allocation formula language is modified. Section 2: Licensed and legal nonlicensed family child care providers; assistance language is modified. Section 3: Relationship to current law language is modified. Section 4: Child [...]

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Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Author added Dettmer

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Domestic and child abuse previous incidents definitions provided, and predicate
crimes list expanded.

Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Author added Bly

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Child maltreatment reporting provisions modified relating to Indian children.

Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Finance

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Child advocacy center grants provided, and money appropriated.

Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to E-12 Education

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Child abuse; agency jurisdiction for investigations clarified relating to
schools and school-age care programs, and child abuse offender information
repository plan development required.

Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Prohibiting leaving a child under a certain age unattended in a passenger
vehicle under certain conditions, prescribing fines for violation, authorizing
court waiver under certain economically disadvantaged and community education
program attendance and completion conditions; providing for allocation of fines
to cities and counties; requiring the commissioner of public safety to include
in the drivers manual information relating to the dangers of and penalties for
leaving children unattended in motor vehicles and demonstration of knowledge of
the information in drivers license examinations
(me)

Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to education; designating certain student maltreatment investigation
data as confidential, excepting law enforcement agencies under certain
conditions
(je)

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Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - HF substituted on Consent Calendar HF1008

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Modifying certain background check requirements for emergency placement of
children
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to child protection; requiring court findings regarding independent
living goals for certain children in an out-of-home placement
(me)

Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Author stricken Robling

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Relating to human services; making administrative law judge orders final and
conclusive; specifying comissioner of human services (DHS) reconsideration
request response time frame upon background studies disqualifiactions;
clarifying child neglect definition to not include injuries due to accidents,
excepting child endangerment; making technical and clarifying changes regarding
investigation records maintenance and use
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Comm rpt: No recommendation, re-ref to Finance

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1E "The Child Protection and Safety Act"; establishing a child safety system for
performance based accountability for the safety, permanency and well being of
children and establishing a child safety fund to address the needs of children
within each county; defining certain terms; requiring the commissioner of human
services to allocate funds to counties according to a specified formula;
requiring the commissioner to convene a work group for procedure determination
for standards compliance measurement; requiring the commissioner to convene a
tribal (native American) work group for tribal participation opportunities;
specifying commissioner and county board duties; requiring the commissioner to
evaluate county performance and progress; modifying community service plan
requirements for conformance; appropriating money to the commissioner of human
services
(me)

Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety to administer grants
for child advocacy centers performing certain core functions; specifying certain
grant awards purposes and criteria
(je)

Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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TICLE 1 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE Requiring the commissioner of public safety to create a grant process for crisis intervention team training for local police and sheriff departments; specifying consultation and training requirements; requiring sheriffs and local corrections to use a mental health screening tool approved by the commissioner of corrections in consultation with the commissioner of human services and local correction staff to identify persons with mental illness; providing for a county jail reentry project to promote public safety, prevent recidivism and promote successful reintegration of individuals identified as having mental illness into the community, specifying grant application and program components; requiring the commissioner of corrections to develop a fair, firm and consistent protocol for inmates to have an opportunity to be released from disciplinary confinement in a timely matter; appropriating [...]

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Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to crime; modifying the definition of qualified domestic violence
related offenses and crimes of violence; modifying enhanced penalty provisions
for malicious punishment of a child under the domestic assault law; making
certain technical changes
(je)

Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Governor's action Veto

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TICLE 1 - CHILD WELFARE Providing for adult adoption; making conforming amendments; modifying adoption procedures; modifying birth parent history requirements; permitting records disclosure to guardians ad litem; providing for modification or termination of adoption assistance; providing for commissioner of human services adoption assistance program overpayment recovery; expanding adoption assistance program eligibility to certain relatives and excluding legal custodians or guardians from eligibility; modifying birth parent record information request procedures; allowing adult adoptions birth records access; extending the expiration date for the American Indian child welfare advisory council; providing for an "Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children"; expanding the purpose of child in need of protection services; clarifying child abuse, modifying certain child protection jurisdiction and foster care [...]

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