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2022 SESSION

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HB 427 Children's Services Act; community policy and management teams and family assessment, etc.

Introduced by: Charniele L. Herring | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Children's Services Act; parent representatives; community policy and management teams; family assessment and planning teams. Removes provisions that prohibit a parent representative from serving as a member of a community policy and management team (CPMT) or a family assessment and planning team (FAPT) if such parent representative is employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to the law or agencies represented on a FAPT or CPMT and interacts directly on a regular and daily basis with children or supervises employees who interact directly on a regular basis with children; however, the bill directs prioritization of participation by parent representatives who are not employed by a public or private program that receives funds pursuant to the law or agencies represented on a FAPT or CPMT. The bill directs the State Executive Council for Children's Services to inventory current efforts to recruit and retain parent representatives on CPMTs and FAPTs and compile a list of best practices for including and elevating parent voices within CPMTs and FAPTs for distribution to local Children's Services Act programs. The bill requires the State Executive Council for Children's Services to provide a copy of this report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions no later than November 1, 2022. This bill is identical to SB 435.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Children's Services Act; community policy and management teams and family assessment and planning teams; parent representative. Provides that the parent representative member of the community policy and management team and the family assessment and planning team may be a parent who is employed by a public or private program that receives CSA funds or an agency represented on the community policy and management team or family assessment and planning team if no other parent representative is available. The bill also requires the State Executive Council for Children's Services to inventory current efforts to recruit and retain parent representatives and compile a list of best practices for including and elevating parent voices on community policy and management teams and family assessment and planning teams.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Children's Services Act; community policy and management teams and family assessment and planning teams; parent representative. Provides that the parent representative member of the community policy and management team and the family assessment and planning team shall be a caregiver of a child who has previously received child welfare, juvenile justice, special education, or behavioral health services, including a foster parent. The bill also eliminates the prohibition on allowing a person who is employed by a public or private program that receives Children's Services Act funds or that is represented on the community policy and management team or the family assessment and planning team who interacts directly with children on a regular basis or supervises employees who do to serve as the parent representative.