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HB 264                                                                                                                        
The Health & Social Services Committee considered:                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE BILL NO. 264                                                                                                         
     "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."                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 264(HSS)                                                                                             
     "An Act requiring the Department of Family and Community                                                                   
     Services to develop a shared screening methodology; 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."                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Prax, Chair, with the                                                                   
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (3):  McCormick, Saddler, Prax                                                                                          

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Amend (1):  Mina                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 264(HSS):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Dept. of Family and Community Services                                                                                
2.  Zero, Dept. of Family and Community Services                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 264 was referred to the Rules Committee.