Senate Bill 392: An Act Regarding Child Welfare Investigation Procedures

Author:
Senator Madison

Summary:
This bill revises the Arkansas child welfare law in several respects. One of the provisions requires social workers to advise the alleged offender of the allegations made against him at the initial contact. This is in partial compliance with federal requirements under the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003. States must also implement training for social workers to protect the statutory and constitutional rights of families during investigations. This bill should have been amended to add the training provisions.

Status:

02/15/2005		Introduced and referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
03/01/2005		Withdrawn, Corrected, amended, engrossed, and re-referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
03/07/2005		Senate Committee Recommends "Do Pass"
03/09/2005		Transmitted to House and referred to Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs
03/25/2005		House Committee Recommends "Do Pass"
03/29/2005		Amended in House
03/30/2005		Returned Amended to the Senate Judiciary Committee
04/01/2005		Returned from Committee, recommended "Do Pass" with House amendment
04/04/2005		Enrolled
04/05/2005		Transmitted to the Governor
04/06/2005		Notification that SB 392 is now Act 1708
04/07/2005		Notification that SB 392 is now Act 1706

HSLDA's Position:
This bill should have been amended.

Action Requested:
None at this time.

Other Resources

Bill Text   (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)