s_hhs_2017a_2017-04-06t13:33:38z2 Hearing Summary
Date: 04/06/2017
Location: SCR 354
BILL SUMMARY for HB17-1185
SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
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| Refer House Bill 17-1185 to the Committee of the W | PASS |
03:33 PM -- HB 17-1185
Senator Smallwood, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 17-1185. The bill adds officials and employees of county departments of health, human services, or social services to the list of mandatory reporters of child abuse. It also allows these county employees to receive certain follow up information about children about whom they file a report of child abuse or neglect if they continue to be officially and professionally involved in the ongoing care of the child. The bill expands the period for county departments of human services to provide such follow up information to all eligible mandatory reports from 30 days to 60 days after the report of child abuse and neglect is filed.
03:36 PM -- Lucinda Wayland Connelly, Colorado Department of Human Services, testified in support of the bill.
03:39 PM
Senator Smallwood made closing comments.
| BILL: | HB17-1185 | |
| TIME: | 03:40:03 PM | |
| MOVED: | Smallwood | |
| MOTION: | Refer House Bill 17-1185 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. | |
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Aguilar
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Yes
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Crowder
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Yes
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Kefalas
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Yes
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Martinez Humenik
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Yes
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Smallwood
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Yes
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Final YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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03:42 PM
Senator Martinez Humenik adjourned the meeting.