Child services.

Added supervisors of the Department of Child Services as authorized recipients of confidential prescription data when engaged in child abuse or neglect investigations or adjudications.

Restructured the list of who can receive confidential information, adding specific child services supervisors to the authorized recipients while maintaining existing restrictions on the types of information they can access.

Changed document format from Engrossed Senate Bill to Enrolled Senate Bill with updated printing codes and session information.

Added authority for child services supervisors to receive confidential INSPECT program information during child abuse investigations or adjudications.

Removed the minimum age restriction (six years old) from the definition of emergency shelter, allowing younger children to qualify.

Changed casework supervisor qualifications to require eight credit hours of master's level coursework instead of full graduate training.

Added requirement for criminal history checks on contractors or individuals with unsupervised contact with children in child caring institutions or group homes.

Removed the maximum duration limits for children staying at shelter care facilities and emergency shelters.

Exempted emergency shelters from immunization and psychotropic medication reporting requirements that apply to other residential child care facilities.

Changed effective date from July 1, 2025 to upon passage, with July 1, 2025 as a secondary effective date for certain provisions.