2024-01-16                     House Journal                      Page 1281
HB 264                                                                                                                        
(Prefile released January 12)                                                                                                   
HOUSE BILL NO. 264 by Representative Vance, entitled:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
    "An Act requiring the Department of Family and Community                                                                    
    Services to adopt a uniform screening tool; requiring shelters for                                                          
    runaway minors to screen minors for victimization relating to                                                               
    sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and commercial sexual exploitation;                                                          
    requiring the Department of Family and Community Services to                                                                
    screen children in need of aid for victimization relating to sexual                                                         
    abuse, sex trafficking, and commercial sexual exploitation; and                                                             
    relating to the duty of the Department of Family and Community                                                              
    Services to investigate the experiences of missing children in need                                                         
    of aid who have been located."                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Health & Social Services                                                            
and Finance Committees.