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Legislation


2000 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 728

File Code: Social Services - Generally Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 903
Sponsored By:
Senators Van Hollen, McFadden, Hoffman, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, Kelley, Mitchell, and Currie
Entitled:
Department of Human Resources - Reducing Caseloads in Child Welfare Services

Synopsis:

Requiring the Governor to provide additional staff and budgetary resources to achieve appropriate staff-to-caseload ratio reductions in child protective services, foster care, kinship care, group care, and residential care cases; requiring the Department of Human Resources to employ sufficient qualified personnel to achieve the caseload reductions; requiring reports to the General Assembly on a semiannual basis through January 2005; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
2/4
First Reading Budget and Taxation
2/10
Re-assigned Finance & Budget and Taxation
2/11
Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
3/27
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/29
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
House Action
3/28
First Reading Appropriations
3/30
Hearing 4/3 at 2:00 p.m.
4/3
Hearing cancelled
Hearing 4/4 at 1:00 p.m.
Sponsored by:
Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer, District 12
Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
Senator Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ADOPTION
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
BUDGETS -see also- CAPITAL BUDGETS
CHILD ABUSE
FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; ANNULMENT; DIVORCE; etc
FOSTER CARE
GOVERNOR
HUMAN RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH
REPORTS
SOCIAL WORKERS
STATE EMPLOYEES
Bill affects the following Statute:
Article - 88A Department of Human Resources
( 3B )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
Senate
Number: 797273/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 27, 2000   at: 10:17 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
Senate
March 29, 2000: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
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