The House Committee on Family, Children, and Human Affairs heard SB 135 sponsored by Rep. Pressel and Rep. Olthoff about required DCS notifications for school. The author, Sen. Bohacek explained that the legislation places a three-day timeframe on DCS’s notification to schools of a child’s removal from home. DCS is currently required to notify schools of removals, but the leg … [Read more...] about Required DCS notification for schools
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Children in need of services
The House Committee on Family, Children, and Human Affairs heard SB 381 sponsored by Rep. McNamara about children in need of services. The bill provides that a child who is: (1) a victim of certain offenses; and (2) unlikely to receive necessary care, treatment, or rehabilitation without the intervention of the court; is a child in need of services. It also provides that a child … [Read more...] about Children in need of services
Department of Child Services
The House Committee on Family, Children, and Human Affairs heard SB 428 sponsored by Rep. DeVon about the Department of Child Services. The bill requires DCS to describe in a child's case plan any efforts made to coordinate with school officials in developing the case plan And requires DCS to provide information to the court to be made part of the court record if DCS receives … [Read more...] about Department of Child Services
Department of Child Services
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HB 1406 sponsored by Sen. Bray on the Department of Child Services. The bill: clarifies the collection of past due annual support fees by the Child Support Bureau (Bureau) and the clerk of the circuit court; allows the Bureau and designated retail outlets to collect child support payments made in cash; allows the Bureau and the clerk of the c … [Read more...] about Department of Child Services
Maximum number of foster children
The House Family, Children and Human Affairs Committee heard SB 184 sponsored by Rep. Sullivan and Rep Judy on the maximum number of foster children. The bill increases the number of children who may be supervised in a foster family home from five to six. A representative from Indiana Association of Resources and Child Advocacy (IARCA) testified in favor of the bill. The bill passed … [Read more...] about Maximum number of foster children