SB 435

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 HB 427.

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 family assessment and planning team and interacts directly on a regular and daily basis with children or supervises employees who interact directly on a regular basis with children. 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.

Children's Services Act; parent representatives;community policy and management teams; family assessment and planningteam. Provides that parent representatives required to be membersof the community policy and management teams appointed by local governingbodies and family assessment and planning teams established by eachcommunity policy and management team under the Children's ServicesAct are caregivers with children with past experience with childwelfare, juvenile justice, special education, or behavioral health services. The bill removes the provisions that such parent representativeswho are employed by a public or private program that receives fundspursuant to the law or agencies represented on a family assessmentand planning team may serve as a parent representative provided thatthey do not, as a part of their employment, interact directly ona regular and daily basis with children or supervise employees whointeract directly on a regular basis with children.