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HB 151                                                                                                                        
The Finance Committee considered:                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 151                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Health and                                                              
    Social Services; relating to training and workload standards for                                                            
    employees of the Department of Health and Social Services;                                                                  
    relating to foster care licensing; relating to placement of a child in                                                      
    need of aid; relating to the rights and responsibilities of foster                                                          
    parents; relating to subsidies for adoption or guardianship of a                                                            
    child in need of aid; requiring the Department of Health and                                                                
    Social Services to provide information to a child or person                                                                 
    released from the department's custody; and providing for an                                                                
    effective date."                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                

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and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 151(FIN)                                                                                              
    "An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Health and                                                              
    Social Services; relating to training and workload standards for                                                            
    employees of the Department of Health and Social Services and                                                               
    providing immunity from damages related to those standards;                                                                 
    relating to foster care home licensing; relating to civil and                                                               
    criminal history background checks for foster care licensing and                                                            
    payments; relating to placement of a child in need of aid; relating                                                         
    to the rights and responsibilities of foster parents; requiring the                                                         
    Department of Health and Social Services to provide information                                                             
    to a child or person released from the department's custody; and                                                            
    providing for an effective date."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representatives Seaton and Foster, Co-                                                                 
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (4):  Ortiz, Gara, Seaton, Foster                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (1):  Guttenberg                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Amend (4):  Tilton, Thompson, Kawasaki, Wilson                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 151(FIN):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1. Zero, Dept. of Administration                                                                                                
9. Fiscal, Dept. of Health & Social Services                                                                                    
10. Fiscal, Dept. of Health & Social Services                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HB 151 is on today's calendar.