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UTAH STATE SENATE
UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * 320 STATE CAPITOL

P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035

        January 29, 2008

Mr. President:

    The Health and Human Services Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 22, EXPEDITED PARENT-TIME ENFORCEMENT, by Representative Julie Fisher, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 18 through 19 :    

             18      Other Special Clauses:
             19          

{   None   }        This bill coordinates with S.B. 111, Revisor's Statute.      


2.    Page 2, Line 48 :    

             48      Unless the court rules otherwise, a parent residing outside of the state is not unavailable.
  The director of the program for the courts, the court, or the mediator may excuse either party from the requirement to mediate for good cause.      


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             116          
{   (7) If a parent fails to cooperate in good faith in mediation or services to facilitate

             117      parent-time, a court may order, in subsequent proceedings, a temporary change in custody or
             118      parent-time.   }
             119          
{   (8)   }        (7)       (a) The Judicial Council may make rules to implement and

administer the


             120      provisions of this [pilot] program related to mediation.
             121          (b) The Department of Human Services may make rules to implement and administer
             122      the provisions of this [pilot] program related to services to facilitate parent-time.
             123          
{   (9)   }        (8)       (a) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall adopt outcome measures to

             124      evaluate the effectiveness of the mediation component of this [pilot] program. Progress reports
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                               133      may adopt joint outcome measures and file joint reports to satisfy the requirements of
             134      Subsections
{   (8)   }        (7)       (a) and (b).

             135          
{   (10)   }        (9)       [(a)] The Department of Human Services shall, by following the procedures and

             136      requirements of Title 63, Chapter 38e, Federal Funds Procedures, apply for federal funds as
             137      available.

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             169      of any fiscal year shall lapse into the General Fund.
    
  Section 3. Coordinating H.B. 22 with S.B. 111.

    If this bill and S.B. 111, Revisor's Statute, both pass, it is the intent of the Legislature that Section 30-3-38 not be repealed and the amendments in this H.B. 22 take effect.  


        Respectfully,

        D. Chris Buttars
        Committee Chair

Voting: 4-0-1
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