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House Bill No.7628
Introduced by Representatives: Walsh, Handy, Williams, Jacquard, Ajello
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT DCYF
(make it the policy of the state that foster care children be the responsibility of the state until they reach their 21st birthday or at the end of a school year at an institution of higher education within which they reach their 21st birthday) Action:
02/26/2008 Introduced, referred to House Finance House Bill No.7736
(Children, Youth and Families)
Introduced by Representative Story
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN - PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT
(clarify what types of information private agencies can receive from state and federal criminal background checks on individuals interested in becoming foster and/or adoptive parents ) Action:
02/26/2008 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W.
03/19/2008 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
03/19/2008 Committee recommended measure be held for further study House Bill No.7737
(Children, Youth and Families)
Introduced by Representative Savage
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH, RETARDATION, AND HOSPITALS - MENTAL HEALTH LAW
(authorize a psychiatric hospital to share confidential healthcare information of a child in their care with the dept of children, youth and families ) Action:
02/26/2008 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W.
04/08/2008 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
04/08/2008 Committee recommended measure be held for further study Senate Bill No.2351
Introduced by: Senator Levesque C
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RESIDENCE OF CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES
(allow city and town school systems in which students are placed because of DCYF activity an increase in compensation for the additional costs) Action:
02/07/2008 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance Senate Bill No.2383
Introduced by Senators: Perry, Sheehan, Pichardo, Miller, Gibbs
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN
(require the department of children, youth and families to provide the least restrictive setting to children in their care)
Action:
02/12/2008 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
03/19/2008 Scheduled for hearing
03/19/2008 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
04/09/2008 Scheduled for consideration
04/09/2008 Committee recommended measure be held for further study Senate Bill No.2387
Introduced by Senators: Perry, Sheehan, Pichardo, Miller, Sosnowski
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CASELOAD ESTIMATING CONFERENCE
(provide and mandate monthly reports by DCYF members of the caseload estimating conference. It would also direct the kind of information to be transmitted to the conference) Action:
02/12/2008 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
Senate Bill No.2647
Introduced by: Senator Issa
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES(increase payments from the department of children, youth and families to licensed foster homes to twenty-one dollars and fifty cents ($21.50) per day for each child up to twenty-one (21) years of age)
Action:
02/26/2008 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
Senate Bill No.2744
(Children, Youth and Families)
Introduced by: Senator Gibbs
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN - PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT
(would clarify what types of information private agencies can receive from state and federal criminal background checks on individuals interested in becoming foster and/or adoptive parents)
Action:
02/26/2008 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary Senate Bill No.2861
Introduced by Senators: Issa, Gallo, Fogarty P, Levesque C, Perry
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES(would increase payments from the department of children, youth and families to licensed foster homes based on the age of the child) Action:
03/13/2008 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance Senate Bill No.2875
Introduced By: Senator Paiva-Weed
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS--FAMILY COURT
(would prohibit a juvenile hearing board or teen court from hearing or disposing of any offense which involves alcohol or illegal substances except by express written consent of the chief judge of the family court) Action:
03/13/2008 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
04/29/2008 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
04/29/2008 Committee recommended measure be held for further study Senate Resolution No.3045
Introduced by Senators: Perry, Levesque C, Sosnowski, Pichardo, Miller
ENTITLED, SENATE RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING DCYF TO UNDERTAKE SEVERAL REFORMS AND TO REPORT QUARTERLY TO THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Action:
05/22/2008 Introduced, referred to Senate Constitutional and Regulatory Issues
06/04/2008 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
06/04/2008 Committee recommends passage
06/10/2008 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar
06/11/2008 Senate read and passed
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