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• This includes expert witnesses. and actual kinship caregivers. And Mr.
• These kinship caregivers also.
• So we continue to fill a gap in legal services for these relatives. caregivers who do need more information
• Dyer's position, and I talked to a lot of relatives outside of the court. context.
• There is a lack of resources for attorneys and for relatives.

Bills: HB557, HB732, HB1892, HB1954, HB2301, HB3180, HB3405, HB3650, HB3758, HB4035, HB4621, HB4795, HB4870, HB5069, HB5137, HB5149

Keywords: child support, arrears, court enforcement, contempt, legal protections, healthcare, insurance, cost reduction, accessibility, regulations, impotency, marriage annulment, Family Code, Texas law, family law, Texas legislation, dissolution of marriage, annulment, marriage, child custody

Bills: HB 741, HB 1199, HB 2070, HB 2402, HB 2542, HB 2665, HB 2789, HB 3096, HB 3396, HB 3595, HB 3747, HB 4116, HB 4127

Keywords: child welfare, relative caregiver, monetary assistance, Department of Family and Protective Services, child custody, family law, emergency power, nursing facilities, assisted living, generator requirements, health and safety, emergency generators, power outage, emergency generator, assisted living facilities, power source, child abuse, neglect registry, court findings, Medicaid

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• It ensures that relative caregivers receive financial. financial support equal to licensed foster care
• HB 741 changes current law to guarantee that relative and other designated caregivers receive monetary
• Bill 741 extends financial assistance until the relative caregiver.
• We also agree that relative caregivers should be paid as much as foster parents because again children
• Yes, so they have to be the relative caregiver has to be working 36 hours.

Bills: HB741, HB 1199, HB2070, HB2402, HB2542, HB2665, HB2789, HB3096, HB3396, HB3595, HB3747, HB4116, HB4127

Keywords: child welfare, relative caregiver, monetary assistance, Department of Family and Protective Services, child custody, family law, emergency power, nursing facilities, assisted living, generator requirements, health and safety, emergency generators, power outage, emergency generator, assisted living facilities, power source, child abuse, neglect registry, court findings, Medicaid

Bills: HB741, HB 1199, HB2070, HB2402, HB2542, HB2665, HB2789, HB3096, HB3396, HB3595, HB3747, HB4116, HB4127

Keywords: child welfare, relative caregiver, monetary assistance, Department of Family and Protective Services, child custody, family law, emergency power, nursing facilities, assisted living, generator requirements, health and safety, emergency generators, power outage, emergency generator, assisted living facilities, power source, child abuse, neglect registry, court findings, Medicaid

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• In Minnesota, over 60% of child foster care placements are with relative kin caregivers.
• It equips relative kin caregivers with accessible information in their care and their families.
• license the relative caregiver.
• The licensing process for relative caregivers is to be timely and responsive.
• For example, we are currently working with a relative caregiver whose relative child was consistently

Bills: HF1367, HF2732, HF1897, HF1424, HF1383, HF2728, HF2863, HF1685, HF2929

Keywords: child maltreatment, child abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, human trafficking, child protection, local welfare agency, county social services, Minnesota Department of Human Services, judicial review, district court appeal, venue, out-of-state abuse, cross-border investigation, Minnesota child welfare, family assessment, maltreatment determination

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• </c> license uh and license the relative license uh and license the relative caregiver<01:36:05.480><
• </c><01:36:12.239><c> caregivers</c><01:36:12.920><c> in</c> requirements for relative caregivers in
• child</c><01:36:40.560><c> care</c> relative Foster caregivers in child care relative Foster caregivers
• </c> licensing process for relative licensing process for relative caregivers<01:37:47.280><c> to</c>

Bills: HF1367, HF2732, HF1897, HF1424, HF1383, HF2728, HF2863, HF1685, HF2929

Keywords: child maltreatment, child abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, human trafficking, child protection, local welfare agency, county social services, Minnesota Department of Human Services, judicial review, district court appeal, venue, out-of-state abuse, cross-border investigation, Minnesota child welfare, family assessment, maltreatment determination

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• . ...relatives and individuals with substantial prior contact with the child.
• House Bill 2350 would expand standing for certain relatives, extending eligibility to the fourth degree
• It would also refine the criteria for foster parents and other caregivers and provide the same legal
• Whereas, if we expand it to the fourth degree of consanguinity, then all the relatives who are notified
• Senate Bill 2883 has to do with business courts, which are relatively new in Texas.

Bills: SB1538, SB2883, HB1734, HB2340, HB2350, HB3376

Keywords: digital court reporting, court reporting, court reporter, electronic recording, audio recording, video recording, transcription, verbatim record, judicial administration, Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial System, courts, depositions, grand jury, referee, court commissioner, court technology, courtroom technology, access to justice, accuracy

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• We would like to extend that to any relative or other designated caregiver that a child is placed with
• They're supposed to be notifying all relatives within the fourth degree of consanguinity that they can
• Non-relatives should not be allowed to intervene in a suit unless the parents have consented.
• This ensures that children remain with families by preventing non-relatives from intervening.
• And so what we want to do is just enlarge the scope of relatives who can file that petition.

Bills: HB809, HB 1193, HB1916, HB2558, HB1973, HB2350, HB2399, HB2340, HB 116, HB330, HB2496, HB116

Keywords: digitized signature, waiver of citation, marriage dissolution, electronic notarization, family law, HB 1193, informal marriage, common-law marriage, declaration of informal marriage, confidentiality, privacy, county clerk, vital statistics unit, Family Code, Health and Safety Code, marriage records, public records, personally identifying information, PII, legal representative

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• A complex care aide in home health is a trained caregiver who provides specialized in-home support to
• So, um, I'm curious, how many hours a day can a parent clock as their child's caregiver?
• I have a patient who's 60 year old, and caregiver is her mom, 80-year-old, and these people are in these

Bills: HB 660, HB 4845, HB 3902, HB 5396, HB 4615, HB 1825, HB 1403, HB 4336, HB 4585, HB 4371, HB 863, SB 1589, HB 5223, HB 3195, HB 2734

Keywords: child protective services, adult protective services, caseload limits, call processing goals, child-care licensing, employee workload, reporting requirements, employee caseload limits, protective services, workload management, accountability, Department of Family and Protective Services, employee goals, call processing, child care, human resources, government accountability, Medicaid, provider enrollment, revalidation

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• A complex care aide in home health is a trained caregiver who provides specialized care.
• ... day can a parent clock as their child's caregiver?
• I have a patient who's 60 years old, has a caregiver with her mom, who's 80 years old.

Bills: HB660, HB4845, HB3902, HB5396, HB4615, HB1825, HB1403, HB4336, HB4585, HB4371, HB863, SB1589, HB5223, HB3195, HB2734

Keywords: child protective services, adult protective services, caseload limits, call processing goals, child-care licensing, employee workload, reporting requirements, employee caseload limits, protective services, workload management, accountability, Department of Family and Protective Services, employee goals, call processing, child care, human resources, government accountability, Medicaid, provider enrollment, revalidation

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• I just think, but if you're willing to work with an agency and be a foster caregiver.

Bills: HB660, HB4845, HB3902, HB5396, HB4615, HB1825, HB1403, HB4336, HB4585, HB4371, HB863, SB1589, HB5223, HB3195, HB2734

Keywords: child protective services, adult protective services, caseload limits, call processing goals, child-care licensing, employee workload, reporting requirements, employee caseload limits, protective services, workload management, accountability, Department of Family and Protective Services, employee goals, call processing, child care, human resources, government accountability, Medicaid, provider enrollment, revalidation

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• My greater purpose here is to enlighten this committee that the bill has had a relatively small impact
• the TDPC Child Care Strategic Plan, you'll see a figure that displays CCS enrollment percentage relative
• certified roll already take into consideration properties under protest, and how is that treated relative
• I handed out an explanation of what that means to you, so you understand just how close of a relative

Bills: HB511, HB972, HB 1035, HB2481, HB2723, HB2742, HB2894, HB2962, HB3077, HB3093, HB3307, HB3684, HJR67, HJR72

Keywords: ad valorem taxation, caregiver exemption, Medicaid, long-term services, tax relief, assisted living, housing support, property tax exemption, caregiver support, residence homestead, tax exemption, unpaid caregiver, state tax code, property tax, caregiver, waiting list, intellectual disability, developmental disability, ad valorem tax, family support

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• The bill provides relative to coverage for orally administered anti-cancer medications.
• House Bill 76 provides relative to coverage for orally administered anti-cancer medications.

Bills: HB591, HB766

Keywords: family leave, insurance, paid leave, employment benefits, caregiver support, cancer treatment, anti-cancer medications, health insurance, copayment, cost-sharing, health policy, 974, senate, all

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• Is that young person attached to the caregiver, right?
• unless they understand that the problem happens when children are placed in foster care and then a relative
• And then that relative comes forward and wants a child, and then we have a really hard time getting that
• So anyway, we would suggest some language that specifies that relatives are considered first for placement
• That relative and can they meet not only their initial needs but long term as well.

Bills: SB 2041, SB 1777, SB 1681, SB 2311

Keywords: child welfare, foster care, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, Family Code, conservatorship, placement selection, contract residential care, kinship care, relative placement, designated caregiver, best interest of the child, least restrictive setting, placement stability, child protective services, residential treatment, group home, family reunification, Texas foster system, residential care

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• Is that young person attached to the caregiver?
• The problem occurs when children are placed in foster care and then a relative is found later through
• It could be through the children's attorney, or whichever relative comes forward and wants a child.
• We would suggest some language that specifies that relatives are considered first for placement.
• If a relative comes forward, we will consider that relative and whether they can meet not only the child's

Bills: SB2041, SB1777, SB1681, SB2311

Keywords: child welfare, foster care, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, Family Code, conservatorship, placement selection, contract residential care, kinship care, relative placement, designated caregiver, best interest of the child, least restrictive setting, placement stability, child protective services, residential treatment, group home, family reunification, Texas foster system, residential care

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• </c> relative placement instead. relative placement instead.
• We're not against relative placement.
• The child continues to thrive in his current relative foster home.
• </c> against relative placement. against relative placement.
• The next sentence relative foster home.

Bills: HF3665, HF3002, HF4217, HF4125, HF4174

Keywords: foster care, early childhood education, child care programs, placement plan, social services, extended foster care, kinship care, relative custody, permanent legal and physical custody, Northstar kinship assistance, independent living plan, transition services, youth aging out of care, medical assistance, Medicaid, child welfare, children youth and families, out-of-home placement, case plan, relative placement

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• When it talks about When it talks about these temporary caregivers, what is there a type of training
• that's done for those caregivers or checking or anything like that?
• part of what the definitions are there, whether it's informal care or respite care or alternative caregiver
• separating them from their families, we are taking on the responsibility of being their primary caregiver

Bills: SB1558, SB1983, SB1796, SB1806, SB1426, SB633

Keywords: child care, licensing, definitions, foster care, child welfare, SB1983, resource family partner, resource family partners, Department of Human Services, DHS, foster homes, foster children, placement data, data sharing, de-identified data, aggregated data, sibling groups, placement disruptions, foster parent recruitment, foster parent retention

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• When it talks about these temporary caregivers, is there a type of training that's done for those caregivers
• part of what the definitions are there, whether it's informal care, respite care, or alternative caregiver
• separating them from their families, we are taking on the responsibility of being their primary caregiver

Bills: SB1558, SB1983, SB1796, SB1806, SB1426, SB633

Keywords: child care, licensing, definitions, foster care, child welfare, SB1983, resource family partner, resource family partners, Department of Human Services, DHS, foster homes, foster children, placement data, data sharing, de-identified data, aggregated data, sibling groups, placement disruptions, foster parent recruitment, foster parent retention

Summary: The committee first announced that Senate Bills 1426 and 633 would not be heard and then took up several foster-care-related measures. Senate Bill 1983, presented by Representative Kane, would require the Department of Human Services to provide aggregated foster care data to private child-placing agencies under contract with DHS so they can better identify shortages, placement needs, and sibling separation issues. Members discussed how the information would be used and emphasized that no private information would be shared. The bill passed 6-0 and was sent to oversight. Majority Leader Lawson then presented Senate Bill 1796, which largely codifies existing foster care administrative rules and adds a 72-hour cap for informal care. Members asked about screening and background checks for temporary caregivers, and Lawson explained that caregivers must be screened and that DHS must verify placements are safe. The bill passed 6-0 and moved on. Lawson also presented Senate Bill 1806, extending foster care eligibility to age 21 for certain youth who are aging out or who achieved permanency after age 16, with education, training, or work requirements. Members discussed the need for post-21 services, possible future review of additional supports, and the bill’s potential to draw federal matching funds. It passed 6-0 and was reported out. Representative Geis presented Senate Bill 1558, which clarifies the definition of a child for licensing level E group homes so a youth can remain in a judge-ordered placement until age 19 to receive rehabilitation services. The committee had no questions or debate, and the bill passed unanimously 6-0. In closing, the chair thanked members for their attendance and work on children and family issues, noted the committee’s accomplishments during the year, and adjourned the meeting.

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• Every caregiver to understand that frustration happens and baby's development.
• Every caregiver to understand that frustration happens and baby's development.
• Every caregiver to understand that frustration happens and baby's development.
• Every caregiver to understand that frustration happens and baby's development.
• I have relatives and not a career path.

Bills: HF3831, HF3603, HF1900, HF495, HF3750, HF4316, HF2136, HF4384

Keywords: SNAP, income limits, asset limits, nutrition assistance, children and families, federal poverty guidelines, federal waiver, food assistance, low-income families, nutritional support, day care, tax subtraction, child care costs, licensed child care, dependent care assistance, child care, family child care, child care center, licensing, correction order

Bills: HB2035, HB2041, HB2611, HB2860, HB4004, HB4049, SCR1032

Keywords: kinship care, child welfare, foster care, relative placement, child protection, child neglect, financial resources, behavioral health, Christian Science treatment, parental rights, group homes, children's rights, safety protocols, employee training, mental health, child safety, oversight, independent committee, transparency, accountability