HB 427

Abstract

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.

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.

Children's Services Act; community policy andmanagement teams and family assessment and planning teams; parentrepresentative. Provides that the parent representative memberof the community policy and management team and the family assessmentand planning team shall be a caregiver of a child who has previouslyreceived child welfare, juvenile justice, special education, or behavioralhealth services, including a foster parent. The bill also eliminatesthe prohibition on allowing a person who is employed by a publicor private program that receives Children's Services Act funds orthat is represented on the community policy and management team orthe family assessment and planning team who interacts directly withchildren on a regular basis or supervises employees who do to serveas the parent representative.