Introduced Feb 21, 2019
1 co-sponsor
Total votes
29,613
all sessions
Attendance
99%
206 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
98%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
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Sponsored
1,302
bills & resolutions
Higher than 85% of chamber peers
Committees
5
assignments
1,302 bills and resolutions
Sponsored bills
Total
1,302
Primary
470
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Introduced Feb 21, 2019
1 co-sponsor
Foster care; numerous changes to laws governing provision of services in the Commonwealth.
Makes numerous changes to the laws governing the provision of foster care services in the Commonwealth. Among other things, the bill (i) allows the Commissioner of Social Services to develop and implement a corrective action plan for or assume temporary control over the foster care services of a local board of social services upon determining that the local board (a) has failed to provide foster care services or make placement and removal decisions in accordance with applicable laws or regulations or (b) has taken any action that poses a substantial risk to the health, safety, or well-being of any child under its supervision and control; (ii) requires the Commissioner to create within the State Department of Social Services (the Department) a foster care health and safety director position; (iii) directs the Commissioner to establish and maintain a confidential hotline to receive reports and complaints from foster parents and other persons regarding violations of laws or regulations applicable to foster care and any other matters related to the health, safety, or well-being of children in foster care; (iv) directs the Department to develop and implement a more reliable, structured, and comprehensive case review and quality improvement process to monitor and improve foster care services provided by local boards and departments of social services; and (v) requires the Department to establish and update annually a caseload standard that limits the number of foster care cases that may be assigned to each foster care caseworker. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
Passed Feb 20, 2019
1 co-sponsor
Introduced Feb 20, 2019
1 co-sponsor
Introduced Feb 20, 2019
1 co-sponsor
In committee Feb 19, 2019
1 co-sponsor
In committee Feb 19, 2019
1 co-sponsor
Children in residence or custody; participation in educational programs.
Requires any person of school age who is admitted to the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents to be permitted to participate in any education program offered in the facility that is administered by the Department of Education, regardless of his enrollment status, unless such person has been excused from attendance at school due to a bona fide religious training or belief. The bill permits information required to enroll such person in any such education program to be disclosed in accordance with state and federal law. This bill is identical to
Passed Feb 18, 2019
1 co-sponsor
Introduced Feb 18, 2019
1 co-sponsor
Introduced Feb 18, 2019
1 co-sponsor
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