Citations Affected: Noncode.
Synopsis: Commission on abused and neglected children and their families. Conference
committee report for ESB 62. Establishes a commission on abused and neglected children and
their families to develop a plan of services for children at risk of abuse or neglect and for abused
or neglected children and their families. Requires a report not later than August 15, 2004. (The
introduced version of this bill was prepared by the board for the coordination of child care
regulation.) (This conference committee report deletes the language concerning crime
victim identifying information and inserts the content described above.)
Effective: July 1, 2003.
MR. PRESIDENT:
Your Conference Committee appointed to confer with a like committee from the House
upon Engrossed House Amendments to Engrossed Senate Bill No. 62 respectfully reports that
said two committees have conferred and agreed as follows to wit:
that the Senate recede from its dissent from all House amendments and
that the Senate now concur in all House amendments to the bill and that
the bill be further amended as follows:
Delete the title and insert the following:
A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning human services.
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
commission.
(g) The commission shall meet at the call of the chair and shall
meet as often as necessary to carry out the purpose of this
SECTION.
(h) The expenses of administering the commission shall be paid
from the resources of the Indiana accredited graduate school of
social work represented by the chair of the commission. Expenses
under this subsection include the following:
(1) Photocopying and printing costs.
(2) Costs of supplies.
(i) Members of the commission are not entitled to a salary per
diem or reimbursement of expenses for service on the commission.
(j) The commission's responsibilities include the following:
(1) Reviewing Indiana's public and private family services
delivery system for children at risk of abuse or neglect and for
children who have been reported as suspected victims of child
abuse or neglect.
(2) Reviewing federal, state, and local funds appropriated to
meet the service needs of children and their families.
(3) Reviewing current best practices standards for the
provision of child and family services.
(4) Examining the qualifications and training of service
providers, including foster parents, adoptive parents, child
caring institution staff, child placing agency staff, case
managers, supervisors, and administrators, and making
recommendations for a training curriculum and other
necessary changes.
(5) Recommending methods to improve use of available public
and private funds to address the service needs described in
subdivision (2).
(6) Providing information concerning identified unmet needs
of children and families and providing recommendations
concerning the development of resources to meet the identified
needs.
(7) Suggesting policy, program, and legislative changes related
to the family services described in subdivision (1) to
accomplish the following:
(A) Enhancement of the quality of the services.
(B) Identification of potential resources to promote change
to enhance the services.
(8) Preparing a report consisting of the commission's findings
and recommendations, and the presentation of the
implementation plan for a continuum of services for children
at risk of abuse or neglect and for abused or neglected children
and their families specified under subsection (b).
(k) In carrying out the commission's responsibilities, the
commission shall consider pertinent studies on children at risk of
abuse or neglect and on abused or neglected children and their
families.
(l) The affirmative votes of a majority of the commission's
members are required for the commission to take action on any
measure, including recommendations included in the report
required under subsection (j)(8).
(m) The commission shall submit the report required under
subsection (j)(8) to the governor, the legislative council, and the
board for the coordination of child care regulation established by
IC 12-17.2-3.1-1
not later than August 15, 2004. The report must
be available to the public upon request not later than December 31,
2004.
(n) This SECTION expires January 1, 2005.
(Reference is to ESB 62 as printed April 8, 2003.)
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Senator Lawson CRepresentative Summers
Chairperson
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Senator BreauxRepresentative Becker
Senate Conferees House Conferees