Child caring institutions and group homes.
Summary
Requires specified types of residential child care facilities to: (1) implement specified personnel policies, including with regard to: (A) minimum qualifications for specified employee classifications; and (B) maintenance of personnel records; (2) comply with specified restrictions on caseloads; (3) obtain specified health records, immunizations, and examinations for each child under the facility's care; and (4) follow specified processes in providing medical care for children in the facility's care, including with regard to administering psychotropic medications. Provides that certain individuals at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age are included in the definitions for "child", "child abuse or neglect", and "victim of child abuse or neglect". Makes conforming and technical changes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 8, 2024
Signed Mar 13, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2024 · House Mar 4, 2024
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 48
Feb 5, 2024
D
Democratic9
88% Yea
R
Republican39
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
11
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Mar 13, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President of the Senate
upper
Mar 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 294: yeas 47, nays 0
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 261: yeas 97, nays 0
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Amendment #4 (Judy) prevailed; voice vote
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 107: yeas 48, nays 0
upper
Feb 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Amendment #2 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
3 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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