Video & Transcript : 'Indian Child Welfare Act' :

Page 1 of 500
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 11th, 2026 at 05:14 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Making an appropriation to the CYFD to improve computer hardware and software used in the child welfare
  • cases, compatible with the national child welfare management system.
  • So we're going with Senate Bill 301, Senator Pinto, foster parent caring for Indian child support. ..
  • child... ...through CYFD and dealing with the Indian child.
  • My name is Cueva Hubbard, and I'm a parent advocate with lived experience in the child welfare system
Bills: SB246 , SB146 , SB300 , SB301 , SB309 , SM17
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 10:06 am

Senate Indian, Rural & Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Family Protection Act and the federal Indian Child Welfare Act.
  • As the organization behind the Indian Family Protection Act, or IFPA... Bill helps with that.
  • Child Welfare Act or the Indian Family Protection Act.
  • CYFD's Office of Tribal Affairs is the department subject matter expert on Indian child welfare.
  • The Office of Tribal Affairs is the department subject matter expert on Indian child welfare cases.
Bills: SB201 , SB226 , SB242 , SB249
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Revised Apr 22nd, 2026 at 03:30 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • In doing so, he learned that the drug screening panels used in the child welfare process did not test
  • welfare drug screening.
  • welfare drug screening where fentanyl's use is suspected.
  • It contains cleanup and modernization language for the State Finance Act.
  • Many elements of the act have not been updated in decades and are antiquated.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Children, Youth and Family Services REVISED: HB3637 - Added Feb 18th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Children, Youth and Family Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The governor has already started an initiative, “A Home for Every Child.”
  • Committee members, House Bill 3502 is the parental rights and child welfare bill.
  • It ensures that no parent or prospective adoptive... ...Rights and Child Welfare Bill.
  • be labeled abusive, neglectful, or disqualified from adoption simply for raising or referring to a child
  • Highest rated child care providers.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/09/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • We all heard about the tragedy of Emily Pike, who was a tribal child in tribal CPS, which is separate
  • So when a tribal child goes into a DCS home, DCS does not have any idea what has happened to the child
  • The people in the group home and in DCS are aware of what has happened to that child and what services
  • I am the chief legislative liaison with DCS, also known as the Department of Child Safety.
  • I am the chief legislative liaison with DCS, also known as the Department of Child Safety.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair, members, Senate Bill 1125 requires the Department of Child Safety to annually make efforts
  • to enter into memoranda of understanding with each Indian tribe in Arizona that does not currently have
  • , investigations, and enforcement measures taken by DCS against any licensed group home in which a child
  • pathologist may delegate this duty to medical students, residents, or fellows in pathology training, acting
  • ensure he received life-saving care, we had to take the stand in an adversarial hearing against our own child
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

A&B Education Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • The ACT is a single-day, high-pressure standardized test.
  • Well, the average high school freshman last year there average ACT score was 19.
  • They have to make a 22 on the ACT. I don't think that's right.
  • We already mandate the ACT be taken in their junior year anyway, so...
  • Madam Acting Chair, and thank you for this bill.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Jan 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the event of a near-fatality of a child who was in the care of or receiving child welfare services
  • In the event of a near-fatality of a child who was in the care of or receiving child welfare services
  • If the child was in the care of or receiving child welfare services within three months preceding the
  • If the child was in the care of or receiving child welfare services within three months preceding the
  • It's about learning from those serious incidents and strengthening, of course, our child welfare system
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • This problem is all over Indian country.
  • Not Indian Health Services facilities as well.
  • It's really hard when you have a mentally ill child to take care of that child and do all the necessary
  • I want to help my child and I cannot help my child. And I think you heard that testimony today.
  • each time the caseworker interacts with the child and to review all photographs of the child and consider
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 5th, 2026 at 09:02 am

House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • In 2019, the Produced Water Act called for the Water Quality Control Commission to adopt the rule for
  • I'm a member of Third Act in New Mexico, and I'm a retired biologist.
  • The water-forward midstream companies answered the call of the Produced Water Act and built businesses
  • The consortium was established pretty quickly after New Mexico passed the Produced Water Act.
  • The consortium was established pretty quickly after New Mexico passed the Produced Water Act.
Bills: HM45 , HB276 , HB300
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight Mar 4th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Health and Human Services Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • Original version, and this PCS addresses our child care crisis right now, it's an issue, it has, DHS,
  • Household 191w2 is the conmaa nutrition enhancement act.
  • They knew they were pregnant, and they still had a child with spina bifida.
  • and directs the Department of Human Services to modernize child welfare data systems, improve outcomes
  • Is the Alternative Nicotine Products Regulatory Act.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Access did not act like a competent regulator.
  • The bill requires DCS, at the request of the child, to consult with the child and the child's attorney
  • So if it is a child, a minor child, obviously they wouldn't be able to designate somebody, but we would
  • ..or the child, or if the child doesn't have anyone that they can propose as a potential payee, the department
  • The Office of Child Welfare Investigations is also known as our OCWI unit, and currently what OCWI does
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • broad interest of Indian Country.
  • H.R. 741, the Stronger Engagement for Indian Health Needs Act of 2025. is a step in the right direction
  • The Indian health system has continued to be dramatically underfunded, providing Indian health service
  • of 1888. 1819 codified as federal directive in the Snyder Act and later strengthened under the Indian
  • I know it's still there in Indian child welfare work. And so, and also other. matter arenas.
Summary: The committee meeting focused on crucial issues facing tribal nations, particularly emphasizing the federal government's trust and treaty obligations. The discussions highlighted ongoing challenges such as disparities in healthcare, education, and public safety within Native communities. Chair Murkowski underscored the importance of listening to Native leaders and aligning congressional efforts with community needs, advocating for legislative actions that support tribal sovereignty and economic development. Various initiatives, including the Tax Parity Act and the PROTECT Act, aimed at addressing jurisdictional and financial disparities, were discussed in detail. A call for bipartisan support to alleviate the funding shortages affecting Indian Health Services was made several times during the meeting. Testimonies from tribal leaders and representatives emphasized the dire need for legislative support to enhance infrastructure, healthcare access, and public safety initiatives in tribal communities.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair, members, Senate Bill 1126 requires a school, on request by an Arizona Department of Child
  • Madam Chair, members, Senate Bill 1126 requires a school on request by Arizona Department of Child Safety
  • up, but that would ensure that the caseworker is able to get the information that is needed when a child
Bills: SB1026 , SB1126 , SB1143 , SB1166
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/16/2026 - Senate Federalism and Family Law

Federalism and Family Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • and Migratory Bird Conservation Act.
  • And the reason is because I explained the wolf act, but the Migratory Bird Act is that they are telling
  • I grew up in the 2000s, where we had the Patriot Act, an act that caused my community that I would go
  • So you harkened back to the Patriot Act.
  • No fan of the Patriot Act, so Mr.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • and Pop Act, just so you know that.
  • hearing that informs them of the placement of the child, the services provided to the child and the
  • if the child is a member of an Indian tribe.
  • to the child's parent or make a finding that the child continues to be dependent.
  • It would just be better to allow her to turn over her child as part of the safe haven law.