Legislature(2021 - 2022)DAVIS 106
03/10/2022 03:00 PM House HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES
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HB 297-MILITARY MEMBER CHILD PROTECTION 3:09:53 PM CO-CHAIR ZULKOSKY announced that the first order of business would be HOUSE BILL NO. 297, "An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Health and Social Services; relating to child protection; and relating to children of active duty military members." [Before the committee was CSHB 297(MLV).] 3:10:55 PM The committee took a brief at-ease. 3:11:02 PM CO-CHAIR ZULKOSKY opened public testimony on CSHB 297(MLV). After ascertaining there was no one who wished to testify, she closed public testimony. 3:12:04 PM REPRESENTATIVE SPOHNHOLZ moved to adopt Amendment 1 to CSHB 297(MLV), labeled 32-LS1249\B.1, Foote, 3/9/22, which read: Page 1, line 13: Delete "15" Insert "seven" CO-CHAIR ZULKOSKY objected for the purpose of discussion. REPRESENTATIVE SPOHNHOLZ explained that the bill had been amended in a previous committee to give the department up to 15 days to notify the proper authorities at the duty station after receiving a report of harm. She reported that the committee has heard from the Office of Childrens Services (OCS) that it believes a maximum of seven days would be better as OCS would prefer to get information to military bases as soon as possible. She stated that Amendment 1 was brought forward to ensure that the bill did not have the unintended consequence of delaying notice of neglect or abuse to a military base. She emphasized that OCS had shared that the deadline of seven days was well within its standard operating practices and could be comfortably reached. 3:13:06 PM REPRESENTATIVE MCCARTY agreed with the reasoning behind Amendment 1 and shared his understanding that other states have no deadline at all under the assumption that the information would be shared immediately. He commented that the point behind having a deadline was to move from assumption to assurance that the information would be delivered to the military bases quickly and that in his experience OCS has the capability to handle reports of harm quickly. He mentioned that the other amendment in the committee packet was one he sponsored that would make the deadline sooner. 3:14:22 PM CO-CHAIR ZULKOSKY removed her objection. 3:14:26 PM REPRESENTATIVE MCCARTY objected because of the similar nature of the amendments. 3:14:48 PM REPRESENTATIVE PRAX suggested proposing an amendment to Amendment 1 that would change the deadline from seven to five days. 3:15:11 PM REPRESENTATIVE SPOHNHOLZ indicated she would welcome the amendment to her amendment and would like OCS to be given the opportunity to comment. She shared that she supported the shortest possible timeline for notification but wanted to verify that OCS had the ability to comply with a shorter time frame. 3:15:35 PM The committee took a brief at-ease. 3:15:40 PM CO-CHAIR ZULKOSKY directed Representative Sponholz's question to the division operations manager of OCS. 3:16:04 PM The committee took a brief at-ease. 3:16:29 PM REPRESENTATIVE SPOHNHOLZ stated that the inclination of the committee was to ask OCS to report harm to duty stations as quickly as possible and asked what time frame would be practical for OCS in terms of compliance. 3:16:58 PM TRAVIS ERICKSON, Division Operations Manager, Office of Childrens Services, Department of Health and Social Services, advocated for the seven-day time frame as being the most viable because the majority of reports OCS receives are categorized as "priority three," which already have a maximum of seven days to report. He explained that there are several priority levels, including emergencies which require immediate response, so having flexibility built into the notification requirement would help maintain OCS's ability to address all cases. Further, he stated that a seven-day requirement would align with their existing workload management systems. REPRESENTATIVE SPOHNHOLZ requested a description of a "priority three" case and why seven days was an appropriate response time for these cases. MR. ERICKSON expressed his understanding that the proposed legislation would not prevent OCS from giving notification sooner than seven days in urgent cases where immediate intervention was necessary, which was the policy already in place. In contrast, he described a hypothetical case in which a teacher may have reported concern for the long-term care of an older student who was not in immediate danger. He said this was an example of a priority three case that could appropriately be reported within seven days. 3:19:40 PM REPRESENTATIVE MCCARTY removed his objection to Amendment 1 to CSHB 297(MLV). There being no further objection, Amendment 1 was adopted. 3:20:15 PM CO-CHAIR ZULKOSKY noted that Amendment 2 would not be offered. 3:20:25 PM The committee took a brief at-ease at 3:20 p.m. 3:20:34 PM CO-CHAIR SNYDER moved to report CSHB 297(MLV), as amended, out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. There being no objection, CSHB 297(HSS) was reported out of the House Health and Social Services Standing Committee.
Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
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HB 292, LOS received since 3.10.22.pdf |
HHSS 3/10/2022 3:00:00 PM |
HB 292 |
CSHB 297 Amendments and Actions.pdf |
HHSS 3/10/2022 3:00:00 PM |
HB 297 |
CSHB 265 Amendments and Actions.pdf |
HHSS 3/10/2022 3:00:00 PM |
HB 265 |