S.B. 126
         CHILD WELFARE AMENDMENTS

House Floor Amendments

Amendment 3 March 5, 2014 9:25 AM



Representative Ronda Rudd Menlove proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 6, Lines 161 through 180
    House Committee Amendments
    2-27-2014 :    

             161          (3)
  (a)       As a part of its [preventive] in-home services for the preservation of families, the

             162      division shall provide [family preservation] in-home services in varying degrees of intensity
             163      and contact that
{   :   }

             164          
{   (a)   } are [short-term, intensive, crisis intervention programs] specific to the

             164a      H. [individual] .H
             165      needs of H. [the] each individual .H family
{   ;   }        .      

             166          
  (b) As part of its in-home services, the division shall:

        (i) provide customized assistance;
        (ii) provide support or interventions that are tailored to the needs of the family;
        (iii) discuss the family's needs with the parent;
        (iv) discuss an assistance plan for the family with the parent; and  

        
{   (b)   }        (v)       address:

             167                  
{   (i)   }        (A)       the safety of children; [and]

             168                  
{   (ii)   }        (B)       the needs of the family; and

             169                  
{   (iii)   }        (C)       services necessary to aid in the preservation of the family and a child's ability to

             170      remain in the home
{   ; and   }        .           

             171              (c)
  In-home services shall be,       as practicable,      {   are   } provided within the region that the family resides, using existing

             172      division staff.
             173          (4)
{   [   } (a)      {   ]   } The division may use specially trained caseworkers, private providers, or other

             174      persons to provide the [family preservation] in-home services described in Subsection (3).
             175          
{   [   } (b)      {   ]   }        The division shall allow a caseworker to be flexible in responding to the needs of each individual family, including:

            (i)    limiting the number of families assigned; and
            (ii)    being available to respond to assigned families within 24 hours.  

[Family preservation caseworkers may:]
             176          [(i) only be assigned a minimal number of families;]
             177          [(ii) be available 24 hours for an intensive period of at least six weeks; and]

             178          [(iii) respond to an assigned family within 24 hours.]
             179          [(c) The division shall allow family preservation caseworkers to be creative and
             180      flexible in responding to the needs of each individual family.]

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