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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)

Latest Action: 03/29/2007 - Secretary of State Ch. 8 03/28/07

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Child placement background check requirements modified.

Latest Action: 01/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to children; clarifying certain requirements for protecting or placing
children; authorizing the court to consider the preference of the parents
(me)

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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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2E Relating to human services ARTICLE 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 [...]

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Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to Indian child welfare; requiring local welfare agencies upon a report
of maltreatment of a child residing on a reservation to request appropriate
reservation authorities investigate; authorizing local welfare agencies
investigation under certain conditions
(me)

Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Author added Ingebrigtsen

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety for grants to existing
programs crime victims services, victims of sexual violence and grants to
certain counties, reservations for expansion of service, general crime victim
services expansion of services to additional counties, battered women's
community based services to provide shelter services for victims of domestic
violence, abused children's services, parenting time centers, supplemental
general awareness and prevention grants
(je)

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)