BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

SB 5645: Child-placing agencies

Concerning child-placing agencies.

Summary

Directs the Department of Children, Youth and Families to conduct a child-placing agency (CPA) contract evaluation and rate analysis of the current rates compared with actual costs incurred by CPAs.
Creates a stakeholder workgroup to design a CPA rate payment methodology based on actual provider costs of care.
Provides an emergency clause.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to child-placing agencies;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Jan 13, 2020By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Feb 14, 2019Referred to Ways & Means.
Feb 12, 2019And refer to Ways & Means.
Feb 12, 2019HSRR - Majority; do pass.
Jan 25, 2019First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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